How to Conduct Peer Reviews As Students
Peer review is the process by which a writer's peer reviews his paper and provides suggestions which he can follow to produce a polished piece of writing. The practice is quite common in educational institutions as it is a much more time efficient option for the educator than the individual editing of each student's paper. There are several steps that students must follow in order to effectively complete a peer review. By engaging in these steps, students can ensure that they provide their peers with all of the information necessary to complete the editing and revision of their written work.
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Remain positive. It is vital that students remain positive while reviewing the work of peers. Writers can become very temperamental when someone critiques the effectiveness and overall quality of their work. Avoid conflicts by remaining positive, regardless of the number of problems present in the essay. Always pair the mentioning of a positive aspect of the essay with the discussion of a negative one. This makes it easy for writers to accept the criticism and apply it to their work without becoming angry or defensive.
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Ask questions. As the reader of a text, the questions that you have about the text are highly important. One of the keys to writing effectively is to answer all of the readers' possible questions. As a reader of the piece, point out questions that have gone unanswered by posing questions to the author.
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Mark grammar and spelling errors. It is easy for the original author of a piece to read over errors as they often supplant what they intended to say for what the text actually says. Assist the author in locating and correcting errors by marking the errors using appropriate proofreading marks.
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Apply a rubric. In an effective peer review, the reviewer uses the rubric with which the piece will be graded to judge the quality of the piece and the degree to which it meets the guidelines. Acquire an additional copy of the instructor's rubric and grade the paper using the rubric in the way the instructor will.
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Provide constructive criticism. The purpose of a peer review is for one person to help a peer discover problems in a written composition. This is most effectively done through constructive criticism. Constructive criticism includes an explanation of the problems present in the piece as well as the suggestions of steps the author of the piece can take to remedy the problems.
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