About

I Like, I Wish, I Wonder (III) is a simple method for a teachers and parents to give helpful advice and opinions to students at the end of a design project, or at any stage of the design process when they need advice.
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​​​​​​​FIGURE: The ‘I Like, I Wish, I Wonder’ chart with three columns for teachers and parents to place sticky notes with their advice and opinions.
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What you need

• The people, who will judge the work and give their advice and opinions, may be of teachers, parents, or fellow students. About 2 to 10 people will be able to give good feedback.
• A2 or A1, poster-size sheet of white paper, or you can use a chalkboard or whiteboard.
• Sticky notes, and pens or pencils.
• A place with chairs and tables to work freely without distractions.
• About an hour to do it properly.

How it’s done

The designer or group displays their finished design work, or their work in-progress, and explains and shows their design idea to the teachers and parents. Follow these steps:

• Draw a chart with three columns, labelled:
  • I Like (What is good about this project?)
  • I Wish (What can be improved?)
  • I Wonder (What else might be possible? What if…?)
• Each teacher and parent writes their advice and opinions on sticky notes, for the three columns above. They give the best feedback that they can.
  • When finished, they stick their notes on the correct column on the chart.
• Then each juror, in turn, explains their advice and opinions, answering any questions from the student-designers.
  • Allow only one conversation to take place, everyone must pay attention when the teachers and parents talk.
• Once completed, the student-designers will have received useful advice and opinions from each juror.

Tips

• Photograph the completed chart for safekeeping.
• If there is more student design work to be assessed, repeat the process for each student or group, in turn.