Peer Review

What is peer review?

• Writing a second draft of a paper

• Reading a paper again

• Getting constructive feedback from someone else on your writing

• Getting comments from the teacher on your paper

What does it mean that peer review comments and feedback should be constructive?

• That all the comments should be positive

• That all the comments should be only one sentence

• That all the comments should be helpful and something the person can do to improve their paper

• That all the comments should come from the teacher

What is one kind of feedback you want to give during peer review?

• Tell them the paper was terrible

• Give a suggestion for how to make something better

• Say everything is great!

• People don't need any feedback to improve their writing

True or False: You should never ask the author of the paper questions during the peer review process.

• True

• False

How can peer reviews contribute to the revision process?

• By providing additional errors to correct

• By offering different perspectives on the content

• By changing the main theme of the document

• By reducing the overall word count

How can peer feedback help in the editing and revising process?

• Peer feedback can hinder the editing process by causing confusion and delays.

• Peer feedback can help by providing fresh perspectives, identifying areas of improvement, inconsistencies, and unclear sections, guiding the writer in making necessary edits and revisions.

• Peer feedback can only be beneficial if it aligns completely with the writer's initial ideas.

• Peer feedback is irrelevant and should be ignored during editing and revising.

What is the best way for a peer reviewer to address problems in an analytical essay?

• a. Write down all the problems and hand the list to the writer before starting the peer review.

• b. Describe and suggest solutions for the problems after describing the strengths of the essay.

• c. Explain all of the problems with the essay right away, as soon as you start the peer review process.

• d. Avoid bringing up any problems with the essay; only mention the essay’s strengths during peer review.

What is an example of peer review?

• when a teacher grades your work

• when your parents grade your writing

• when other students in your class evaluate your work/writing

• when you review one of your peers

How can peer feedback help in the revising and editing process?

• Peer feedback is irrelevant, time-consuming, and discouraging for the author.

• Peer feedback leads to confusion, delays the process, and lowers the quality of the work.

• Peer feedback offers new perspectives, identifies areas for improvement, and catches errors to enhance the quality of the revised and edited work.

• Peer feedback often introduces bias, lacks credibility, and causes conflicts among team members.

What role does peer feedback play in the revising and editing process for the STAAR test?

• Peer feedback is not valuable in the writing process

• Peer feedback provides students with constructive criticism, suggestions for improvement, and helps enhance the quality of their writing.

• Peer feedback leads to plagiarism issues

• Peer feedback causes students to lose confidence in their work