Publication Date
2015
Keywords
peer review, classroom
Abstract
Peer Pressure, Peer Power: Theory and Practice in Peer Review and Response for the Writing Classroom ($38.00 in paperback; 296 pages) compiles research and theory articles from a wide assortment of scholars interested in peer review, an area of research that, according to the editors, is woefully underdeveloped, despite being “a ubiquitous feature of the composition classroom” (Lawson Ching, p. 15). As such, this book provides valuable insights into theories and research-based pedagogical suggestions to increase the effectiveness of peer review in various contexts. With the aim of keeping this review concise, I will not address each article featured in this book, and will cite individual articles only by author name with the page number for direct quotes. This in no way is intended to act as a slight toward those chapters that aren’t included; each chapter contributes to the larger discourse in meaningful ways and warrants attention.
Recommended Citation
Kurzer, Kendon
(2015)
"Review of Peer Pressure, Peer Power: Theory and Practice in Peer Review and Response for the Writing Classroom,"
Journal of Response to Writing: Vol. 1:
Iss.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/journalrw/vol1/iss2/5