Publication Date
Fall 2019
Keywords
peer review, peer feedback, peer trust, first-year composition, instructional design
Abstract
Despite extensive attention to peer review in composition studies literature, the activity remains challenging to design, in part because there are multiple potential goals for peer review. This article draws on existing literature to describe a variety of peer review goals and then presents interview data to illustrate the perceptions of first-year composition instructors (n=3) and students (n=8) about the goals of peer review. The three instructor interviewees each described a specific and distinct goal for peer review: constructing quality feedback, identifying effective writing, and developing peer trust. However, when asked about the purpose of peer review, all eight of the students focused on one goal: improving draft quality. This article recommends increased attention to naming and differentiating among specific goals of peer review, as well as more discussion of ways to deliberately articulate those goals to students.
Recommended Citation
Stewart, Mary K.
(2019)
"Differentiating Between Potential Goals of Peer Review: An Interview Study of Instructor and Student Perceptions,"
Journal of Response to Writing: Vol. 5:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/journalrw/vol5/iss2/4