Julie Thayer
a) The first thing that surprised me was how the opening paragraph perfectly expressed how I take on peer reviews. I also am intrigued by the idea of "pushing" the writer to do better work, because honestly everything can always be improved.
b) I really enjoyed the suggestion to think about the assignment before reading a peer's actual paper. It allows one as a review to make sure the writer has all the elements needed to make this a strong paper and fully complete the assignment. This also makes it easier to point out what is missing in one's text that would hurt their grade. I also loved the idea to only address the big issues of one's paper. This makes peer reviewing more effective and meaningful. This means that one should skip simple spelling errors and odd wording and focus on the main idea of the paper, and how well these ideas are presented and flow. This is far more beneficial for the writer and helps them vastly improve their paper.
c) I have peer reviewed before, and it's honestly not the best experience. This is because I don't actually get real feedback. It is always spelling errors not the actual content of my work. This is frustrating to me because I feel like I leave with the same paper I came to class with.
a) The first thing that surprised me was how the opening paragraph perfectly expressed how I take on peer reviews. I also am intrigued by the idea of "pushing" the writer to do better work, because honestly everything can always be improved.
b) I really enjoyed the suggestion to think about the assignment before reading a peer's actual paper. It allows one as a review to make sure the writer has all the elements needed to make this a strong paper and fully complete the assignment. This also makes it easier to point out what is missing in one's text that would hurt their grade. I also loved the idea to only address the big issues of one's paper. This makes peer reviewing more effective and meaningful. This means that one should skip simple spelling errors and odd wording and focus on the main idea of the paper, and how well these ideas are presented and flow. This is far more beneficial for the writer and helps them vastly improve their paper.
c) I have peer reviewed before, and it's honestly not the best experience. This is because I don't actually get real feedback. It is always spelling errors not the actual content of my work. This is frustrating to me because I feel like I leave with the same paper I came to class with.
I agree that peer review has been frustrating in the past, and somewhat unhelpful in the writing process. I think that if the whole class changed their views of peer reviews we could optimize the process.
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