#10

In a way I think peer review is effective but also feel that it isnt helpful. It can be effective in a way because sometimes the reviewers know what their talking about but then again sometimes they dont. Thats where the less effective in peer reviewing comes in. The reviewers just give us feedback on about what they think should be fixed. When really there is other major errors that have to be fixed, we just dont know which ones. How it can be improved? I really don't know. I feel that for us to get better at our papers and our writing methods, we should be peer reviewing with a person who is professional or has much more experience in writing then some students.I think my strenghts as a peer reviewer would be looking out for the grammar and repeated sentences. When I give feedback I like to tell give an example of how the paragraphs should be organized. But nothing really else. For my weakness, I think finding a thesis and knowing the main reason why the writer wrote the paper. And also finding out the tone of the paper, sometimes reading it silently I cant really specify the writers tone.Like I said I do find it helpful in some ways but then not really. Because you have students who know how to peer review, check for errors, tell you if the paper is good when really it isn't in a teachers point of view. So it could be helpful but then not really in my opinion. I dont think it matters with small or large groups of students, just matters on what the student tells you about the paper and if it really is helpful. The time limit for peer review is fine, its an appropriate amount of time. We get enough time to talk about everyone's paper and recieve feedback on it.