Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 09:18.
These comments are so helpful. Thank you!
I'm curious how folks handle peer review when you have writers of different levels/abilities reviewing each other's papers.As an example, one semester, it happened that a poor writer & native English speaker reviewed a B+ student who was a second-language speaker of English, superbly trained in grammar in English. The latter student gave excellent feedback on the first student's work, but the first student had NO CLUE for how to begin with the second student's work. The latter student felt "cheated" because he didn't get useful feedback, and he was, with good reason, disdainful of his classmate's ability to provide any help. (He was tactful enough to confine his comments to a conversation with me.) I was inspired by Vicki Quijano's efforts to "group" people of similar abilities with one another. I plan on trying that this semester - but I can't do it until after the first paper, when I begin to get familiar with my students' writing skills in the first place.
Thanks in advance for any comments you can provide!
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 08:05.
I'd be interested in knowing how instructors in GWAR courses (or any of our writing courses) help lay the groundwork for peer review. What happens before students read and respond to one another's written work?
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 09:48.
In my 414s I model peer review (many times) with the class. We all look at a whole essay (from a prior semester, w/o the student name) give feedback on that essay. I also model peer review of smaller parts of the essay. For example I'll chop a bunch of paragraphs out of current student essays, and we'll look at how each person uses evidence to support an argument, or how each person integrates quotes into their argument, and give the person suggestions.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 12:39.
I'm starting a discussion on this forum about Peer Review because, in workshops about teaching GWAR courses this summer, so many professors had questions about it. Chiefly, people wanted to know how to make it work. I invite professors who've used peer review, successfully or otherwise, to please post.
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 08:10.
I do lots of whole class peer reviewing, where we read a student's draft together and then I lead a discussion about how to revise it and why. It's a bit like having a conference with a student, but the whole class gets to participate. This allows students an opportunity to see how and why I respond to their writing the way I do, and it also trains them as peer reviewers -- shows them the kinds of questions to ask and the kinds of feedback to give.
--Jennifer
Jennifer---when you do the whole class wide thing, how does the one student feel about getting all this feedback? Do the students read the paper in advance? Do you pick the student or does the student offer the paper?
Peer Review
These comments are so helpful. Thank you!
I'm curious how folks handle peer review when you have writers of different levels/abilities reviewing each other's papers.As an example, one semester, it happened that a poor writer & native English speaker reviewed a B+ student who was a second-language speaker of English, superbly trained in grammar in English. The latter student gave excellent feedback on the first student's work, but the first student had NO CLUE for how to begin with the second student's work. The latter student felt "cheated" because he didn't get useful feedback, and he was, with good reason, disdainful of his classmate's ability to provide any help. (He was tactful enough to confine his comments to a conversation with me.) I was inspired by Vicki Quijano's efforts to "group" people of similar abilities with one another. I plan on trying that this semester - but I can't do it until after the first paper, when I begin to get familiar with my students' writing skills in the first place.
Thanks in advance for any comments you can provide!
peer review
I'd be interested in knowing how instructors in GWAR courses (or any of our writing courses) help lay the groundwork for peer review. What happens before students read and respond to one another's written work?
peer review
In my 414s I model peer review (many times) with the class. We all look at a whole essay (from a prior semester, w/o the student name) give feedback on that essay. I also model peer review of smaller parts of the essay. For example I'll chop a bunch of paragraphs out of current student essays, and we'll look at how each person uses evidence to support an argument, or how each person integrates quotes into their argument, and give the person suggestions.
I'm starting a discussion on
I'm starting a discussion on this forum about Peer Review because, in workshops about teaching GWAR courses this summer, so many professors had questions about it. Chiefly, people wanted to know how to make it work. I invite professors who've used peer review, successfully or otherwise, to please post.
Mary Soliday
peer review
I do lots of whole class peer reviewing, where we read a student's draft together and then I lead a discussion about how to revise it and why. It's a bit like having a conference with a student, but the whole class gets to participate. This allows students an opportunity to see how and why I respond to their writing the way I do, and it also trains them as peer reviewers -- shows them the kinds of questions to ask and the kinds of feedback to give.
--Jennifer
Jennifer---when you do the
Jennifer---when you do the whole class wide thing, how does the one student feel about getting all this feedback? Do the students read the paper in advance? Do you pick the student or does the student offer the paper?
Mary
Peer review
Well, I guess I want to know, what exactly do you mean by peer review in the context of GWAR?
Elise
I do mean in the context of
I do mean in the context of GWAR, yes; for instance, how would you approach it in English 480?
Oh, do you mean peer editing
Oh, do you mean peer editing in a comp class? I'm doing that on Monday. I'd like to hear what others do, if this is what you mean.
Is peer editing the same
Is peer editing the same thing as peer review? Who is doing this on Monday? /Mary