Guided peer review: feedback
from real readers
The learning process that
makes you an effective peer reviewer also makes you a better revisor of
you own work.
Keep these main things in
mind as you read papers from two peers:
a) What type of assignment
and/or stage of the writing process does the work you are reading represent?
b) What is the goal of f
this feedback session? What should your feedback help the writer
to do next?
c) What can you learn
from reading how someone
else addressed this assignment?
Read through these prompts,
then read the paper through, focusing on global issues.
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Needs work |
Promising |
| 1) Does the response, draft,
or paper, fit with the purpose of and
stage for the assignment:
Comment or suggestion:
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| 2) Find the thesis or main
point:
Is it relevant, interesting,
specific, treatable, and well-positioned:
Comment or suggestion:
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| 3) Does each paragraph feature
a topic sentence that supports or relates to the thesis: (Or does
the paper follow the format for the assignment:)
Comment or suggestion:
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| 4) What kind of support
does the paper use so far:
Is it appropriate to the
thesis and the assignment:
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| 5) What point/s do you think
should get more attention:
Less attention:
(Do you have trouble reading
or lose interest in some places?)
Tell the writer where:
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6) Overall, what is the
most obvious thing that the paper (as work-in-progress) does or doesn't
do in terms of expectations,
format, or writing conventions:
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7) Suggest any adjustments
in the writing process that
you think would help the
paper reach its goal:
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