Peer review

How to become a better English Student Have you ever wondered how you’re going to do in a class and the result you end up with? Well that’s my exact thought when signing up for English 111. I had already taken this course once and things didn’t go as well as I thought they would. I started off pretty good and knew I was going to pass, but at the end of the semester I guess me and the teacher had a different outlook on how well I did. Let’s just say English is not my favorite subject and has…

“Under pressure she became a diamond, under pressure she became unbreakable,” [1] said R.H. Sin. It may sound ridiculous to work under pressure. However, in my opinion, working under pressure can create a great work --just like diamond-- it needs pressure to become beautiful. As an international student, I would like to say that it is very convoluted to write in another language, which is not the language I normally use back home. Hence, there are always a lot of pressures…

that outlined my topic (hydraulic fracturing), my opinion on the topic, supporting arguments, evidence for the arguments, and my counter arguments with a refuting counter argument. I used the feedback I received from my classmates and Dr. Pisano to review my outline with a new perspective. I was then able to rework my outline and add any additional information to complete this task. Classroom participation and feedback was vital to my success. Research Essay Draft I used my outline to start…

the teachers are supposed to accommodate diversity in learning strategies and to work on the problems in their teaching approaches. Alongside student feedback is academic peer review that is adopted at many Australian Universities. One project supported by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) indicates “peer review of teaching in universities involves academic colleagues giving and receiving feedback on their teaching practices and its effectiveness in promoting student learning”…

ongoing process that requires the whole learning community. I enjoyed the whole peer review process since it involved seeing the work my co-learners were producing and also sharing different ways to improve our assignments. It is a lot different than collaborative works, that I have done in the past, because usually everyone does a chunk of the work and the others usually only correct for grammar errors. Peer review involved giving real constructive criticism that would affect the other person’s…

I do believe that I should have been in the 112 section instead of 111, but I did not feel like taking the placement test. However, I am very glad I was in the 111 section, because it was a great experience. Through peer revision workshops, pre-paper planning, and the quality and enjoyment of the class, I feel like my writing has improved. While I know there is still room for improvement, I really feel like I grew as a writer. I really enjoyed my semester in First…

complete the essay with sufficient time to revise and peer edit and decreased the stress of being able to finish the essay on the deadline. Throughout English 101, I have learned various things that have increased my overall writing ability throughout the winter quarter. In the first microtheme, I outlined my writing goal for the winter quarter. This goal stated I would like to compose…

I had to pull the authors key points for how they came to their conclusion. This was a new skill I had to learn and it took some practice, something I had some experience from in the peer reviews. When I had to do peer reviews for other people, I had to understand their own style of reading and why they write the way they do and give my own suggestions with their own writing style in mind. My paper was written clearly, but I had rushed through the last…

well as test scores, reading and writing skills and educators have come up with a large number of methods to use smartphones in their coursework and even in the real world employers constantly use smartphones to keep track of many different things. Peer reviewed research establishes that computers can enhance learning. An analysis ran by the office of the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of…

determine if the research article is credible and scholarly, it is important to not only look at the credibility of the authors, but to also look at the significance of the article, the potential gaps in the study and ensure the article comes from a peer-reviewed journal. There are two very different methods of scholarly research; quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative research uses statistical analysis and is more rigid. The data is of primary importance and conclusions are drawn from…