Mary Katherine Rankey
"Really Responding" by Richard Straub did surprise me in some ways. The writing talked a lot about how you're supposed to sound when you're reviewing someone else's paper. I always thought when teachers had the class peer review, they wanted us to be like little mini teachers and point out all these flaws in the writing, but the reading said otherwise. "Really Responding" focused on the fact that when reviewing someone elses work, one must act like an honest friend, not like a teacher or grammar god. This reading allowed me a better understanding of how one should be when we peer review.
Yes, I believe the strategies in this text can help with peer review! Two particular strategies that I enjoyed were that: one should consider the student writing the paper and to offer advice along the way. "Really Responding" talked a bit about considering who was writing the paper before you give judgements. The reading said that if it was a student who had struggled a lot to maybe offer a small pick me up in order to give them praise. The reading also said to give advice. Peer review shouldn't all be about pointing out what was wrong or write, but maybe offering some constructive criticism so that the writer can make their paper even better!
Yes, I have done peer review in the past. To be quite honest I never really took peer review super seriously because the idea of critiquing a friends paper made me feel uncomfortable. I didn't want to make my peers feel bad so I often just focused on pressing their writing instead of judging it.
"Really Responding" by Richard Straub did surprise me in some ways. The writing talked a lot about how you're supposed to sound when you're reviewing someone else's paper. I always thought when teachers had the class peer review, they wanted us to be like little mini teachers and point out all these flaws in the writing, but the reading said otherwise. "Really Responding" focused on the fact that when reviewing someone elses work, one must act like an honest friend, not like a teacher or grammar god. This reading allowed me a better understanding of how one should be when we peer review.
Yes, I believe the strategies in this text can help with peer review! Two particular strategies that I enjoyed were that: one should consider the student writing the paper and to offer advice along the way. "Really Responding" talked a bit about considering who was writing the paper before you give judgements. The reading said that if it was a student who had struggled a lot to maybe offer a small pick me up in order to give them praise. The reading also said to give advice. Peer review shouldn't all be about pointing out what was wrong or write, but maybe offering some constructive criticism so that the writer can make their paper even better!
Yes, I have done peer review in the past. To be quite honest I never really took peer review super seriously because the idea of critiquing a friends paper made me feel uncomfortable. I didn't want to make my peers feel bad so I often just focused on pressing their writing instead of judging it.
Yes I definitely agree that Really Responding encouraged editors to be more of a friend instead of mini teachers. I was always taught to point all the flaws when editing.
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