To complete this peer review you will:
a) Read your fellow students’ papers,
b) Identify the 3 most significant issues/weaknesses in your peer’s paper, and
c) For each issue/weakness, provide constructive criticism using this formula (and using the table below and the slides in the Final research paper section for help):
– Identify the problem,
– Explain why it is a problem, and
– Provide a concrete solution for the problem.
You can use point form in providing your feedback, but you need to be clear.
Procedure
Purpose
Examples
Identifying
To search for problematic areas
“Do you realize that … and … are incompatible?”
“It sounds to me that this issue you presented is too subjective.”
“It seems to me that … and … should not be compared in this dimension.”
Explaining
To describe the nature of problems
“You may be wrong here because …”
“This example may not be suitable to illustrate the idea of the topic sentence.”
“This quote may not be relevant to what you are discussing. You should say … instead.”
Giving suggestions
To provide workable suggestions for modifications
“Why don’t you change the idea from … to …?”
“I think you should give more information about … in the second-last paragraph?”
“You might use the word … rather than …”
“You need to add a phrase concerning the disadvantages of … here.”
