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How to write a peer review?
Amanda on Jan 12, 2012 reply
It is not a secret that a peer review is a paper the main purpose of which is to evaluate another piece of writing usually done by your classmate. Peer reviews are valuable both for you and for the author of the paper you need to write your review on. While writing a peer review helps you to develop your editing skills and, therefore, improve your own writing in general, it is also useful for your “peer” as it provide him or her with the feedback on the strong and week points of his/her paper.
However, writing a valuble peer review is not that simple. Luckily, when I faced the assignment to write my first peer review my English teacher gave precise instructions about how to do it. Now I want to share my experience with you. First of all, before getting down to writing your peer review, read the paper assigned to you twice. While reading it for the first time you will get a general meaning of this piece of writing and reading the paper for the second time will enable you to concentrate on details.
It is important to cover all the aspects of an academic paper writing in your peer review. Here are the main questions you are to answer in your peer review in order to make it successful:
1.Questions concerning the organization of the paper:
– Were the main chapters (Introduction, Conclusion,etc) adequate? If not, what is missing? – Did the writer use subheadings appropriately to explain the sections of thepaper? – Was the material given in a manner that was logical, easy to understand?
2.Citation:
– Did the writer cite sources appropriately? Here you are also to note any incorrect formatting. – Were all the citations in the text listed in the Literature Cited section?
3.Grammar and style
– Were there any grammatical or spelling mistakes ? – Was the writer’s writing style clear? Were the paragraphs and sentences connected?
4.Content:
– Did the writer adequately discuss the problem? – Did the writer make some contribution to the paper, or merely summarize data or publications of other authors?
In addition, don’t forget to mention strength of the paper and make your critique constructive, this means that you ought to suggest some solutions to the problems you found in the paper. Just stick to this plan and think of what would you like to see in a review made on your own paper and you won’t find it difficult to create a great peer review!
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