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Teaching Guides

Using Student Peer Review

Planning for Peer Review Sessions

Think about logistics

Specify tasks for the peer review

Model how to use the workshop sheet or criteria list before peer review

Consider sequencing the peer-review tasks in multiple workshops

Provide adequate time for students to conduct thorough peer review of drafts

Helping Students Make Effective Comments

Model effective commenting

Build in incentives for helpful comments

Helping Students Handle Divergent Advice

Resource: Sample workshop sheets

Argument Assignment

Argument Portfolio

Intermediate Composition

Intermediate Composition

Introductory Composition

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Helping Students Make Effective Comments

The least helpful comment to receive from a peer reviewer is "It looks OK to me." We want students to find strengths or positive features in a draft, but we need to encourage them to be as specific as possible, both about strengths and weaknesses.

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