Day 6: Peer Review Training

You will be able to:

-Understand the goals of peer review
-Understand elements on which to comment in peer’s paper
-Understand what constitutes effective feedback
-Give effective feedback to a peer

Discussion
You will get into groups and consider the following questions:

1. Have you ever done peer review before?
2. What did you like about your previous peer review experiences?
3. What did you NOT like about your previous peer review experiences?
4. What do you think the goals of peer review are?

Giving Feedback
Read THIS ESSAY. When you are finished, you and your group should:

-Try to state the main idea and underline the thesis statement
-Identify the writer’s strength(s), weakness(es)
-Question anything you do not understand
-Leave comments for the writer about (3) and (4).

Evaluating Feedback Part 1
Each group will be assigned one sample paper to read.
SAMPLE 1
SAMPLE 2
SAMPLE 3
SAMPLE 4

Each group will need to present the sample they evaluated. Each member will need to explain one reason that they believe that the feedback given on the essay is either good or bad.

Brainstorm
As a class we will brainstorm qualities that you believe make feedback good based on the samples presented to the class.

Evaluating Feedback Part 2
As a group, take some time to work through this worksheet. We will go over the answers as a class afterward.

Be sure to look over this PEER REVIEW SHEET. You will be working with this on Thursday when you actually peer review.