As I have advanced my degrees, I have recognized the importance for others to read my work and offer suggestions for improvement. Using peer review in your classroom can help students create better products as well as develop important professional skills.
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I use peer review in an online graduate-level course I teach. During the course, students are developing program proposals. They submit the proposal in three phases: two drafts and a final submission. Ideally, each phase leads to an improved product. During each of the drafts, students will also submit a peer review on two different proposals.
Students can provide feedback directly on the proposal. Additionally, they must complete a worksheet. The worksheet has reviewers analyze the program plan in terms of composition, program elements, support, citations, and overall writing. Each set of peer reviews is worth 10% over the overall grade. Ensuring that it is worth a letter grade helps to get back the quality that I am looking for.
Over the course of the term, I have witnessed substantial growth in terms of the subject matter and their writing capability. I will continue to use peer reviews and modify them as I learn more.
This week, we are going to take a closer look at using peer review in the classroom to include its benefits, steps to take before, during, and after a peer review session, and effective practices to consider when creating a peer review exercise.
Additional Reading
- Benefits of Peer Review
- Using Student Peer Review
- How to Use Peer Review
- Introduction for Students – Peer Review
- Guidelines for In-Class Peer Review
- Guidelines for Students – Peer Review
- Conducting Peer Review
- Remote Peer Review Strategies
- Using Peer Review to Improve Student Writing
- Teaching Students to Evaluate Each Other
- Planning and Guiding In-Class Peer Review
- Teaching Peer Review Best Practices (pdf)
- Describe – Evaluate – Suggest: Giving Helpful Feedback, with Bill Hart-Davidson (video)
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