Peer Review Training

Instructor/Class Survey

Peer Review Training Process
Step 1: Find someone who you have never partnered with for peer review activities (of the outlines)
Step 2: Write down the purpose of peer review here.
Step 3: Watch this peer review video. Then, share YOUR experience and come up with some good strategies for the future (how you can continue to have good experience or better experience)

• How did you like your peer review experience last week? Anything you wish you or your partner had done differently?
• What should be some "rules" you should follow when giving feedback to someone? 

Step 4: Peer Review Language Practice

• Praise – what is good about the writing? (overall)
• Question – as a reader, what didn’t you understand?
• Polish – what specific suggestions for improvements can you give?

Useful expressions for suggestions:

• Could you...(e.g., elaborate on this point)?
• It seems like...
• It would/might be better to…
• Have you thought about…?
• How about...?
• I was a little confused about.../I'm not sure if this is… Did you mean…?

Note: Use "I-message" rather than "You-message" when providing criticism (e.g., "I have trouble finding..." vs. "You are missing...")

Homework 1: Check your connection to Google Docs below (you should have already received an invitation to the Google Doc through your Illinois.edu email) and follow directions in the document:

• Group 1: Hannah, Hao, Barry (Friday, 2/19, 3-3:30 pm)
• Group 2: Abby, Kenton, Linfeng (Wednesday, 2/17, 3-3:30 pm)
• Group 3: Lin, Wen, Yihang (Friday, 2/19, 3:30-4 pm)
• Group 4: Ciao, Yuxuan, Iseul (Wednesday, 2/17, 4-4:30 pm)
• Group 5: Jason, Nina, Cindy (Wednesday, 2/17, 3:30-4 pm)

If you have never used Google Apps @ Illinois, please follow instructions to set up one here:
https://techservices.illinois.edu/services/google-apps-illinois/details

Homework 2 (due by Monday 2/22): Fill out "A Simple Plagiarism Quiz" for discussion in class.