Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

At a Glance
Discipline
- Interdisciplinary
- Humanities
Instructional Level
- University
Course
- PHIL201; 221
Tasks in Workflow
Social Plane(s)
- Individual
Type of Tasks
- Reviewing & assessing peers
- Revising & improving
- Writing
Technical Details
Useful Technologies
- Peerceptiv
Class size
- Large (100-250)
Time
- Semester long
Instructional Purpose
- Application & knowledge building
- Assessment & knowledge refinement
Overview
Students get experience with a better model of writing in this activity, which employs Peer Assessment as the Active Learning strategy. The activity takes place over the course of the semester, beginning after week 2-3.The value of this for the students is in giving them experience with understanding the nature of revision in the writing process and making good use of critique and feedback.
After introducing students to Peerceptiv, students are asked to write a paper and publish it on Peerceptiv. Every student’s paper is then sent to 4 student reviewers who comment and rate the paper according to questions set by the instructor. Students revise their paper and rate their commenters. After the second submission, a new set of 4 student reviewers read and evaluate the paper. Peerceptive assigns a grade to each paper based on the student evaluation process.
Instructional Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Revise a piece of writing taking into account peer feedback
- Evaluate a peer’s writing work using a peer feedback form
Workflow & Materials
Activity Workflow
Applied Strategies
Published: 25/09/2021
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