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What are the benefits and challenges of peer feedback in academic writing?

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Peer feedback is a common practice in academic writing, where students exchange drafts of their papers and provide comments and suggestions to each other. It can be a valuable source of learning and improvement, but it also poses some challenges and risks. In this article, we will explore the benefits and challenges of peer feedback in academic writing, and how to make the most of it.

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1 Benefits of peer feedback

Peer feedback can help you improve your writing skills, gain new perspectives, and develop critical thinking. By reading and evaluating other students' work, you can learn from their strengths and weaknesses, identify common errors and gaps, and compare different approaches and styles. By receiving feedback from your peers, you can get constructive criticism, fresh insights, and alternative suggestions that can enhance your arguments, evidence, and organization. Peer feedback can also foster a sense of collaboration, communication, and community among students, as they share their ideas, opinions, and experiences.

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Jason Gulya

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Peer review has benefits beyond the draft itself. It promotes a growth mindset. This helps us: -see our products as works-in-progress -see ourselves as constantly growing, adapting, and improving -take a more flexible approach to knowledge- and skill-building

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Temitope D.

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Receiving peer feedback can help you gain clarity and strategy for you work. Your peers can contribute their perspectives or discipline to your methodology, making your works more multidisciplinary.

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Phoebe Batanda Mwavu

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Feedback in learning is like a cheer-on for learners to continue on their academic journey with a sense of focus. And whilst there are kinds of feedback , for example, corrective, interactive, directive and evaluative, feedback allows learners to adjust their learning sails and steer the learning voyage in the right direction. Additionally, feedback encourages collaboration with fellow peers as you learn from them while they share their opnions. Peer feedback allows students to take responsibility of their learning through offering the evaluation which makes judgment about the writing and the interactive feedback which questions and comments.

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2 Challenges of peer feedback

Peer feedback can also present some difficulties and drawbacks, such as inconsistency, bias, and conflict. Not all peers have the same level of expertise, experience, and motivation, so the quality and quantity of feedback may vary widely. Some peers may be too harsh or too lenient, too vague or too specific, or too subjective or too objective. Some peers may have different expectations, preferences, or standards than you or your instructor, which can cause confusion or disagreement. Some peers may be reluctant to give or receive feedback, or may react negatively or defensively to criticism or suggestions.

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Jason Gulya

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The big challenge: giving constructive, polite feedback can be uncomfortable. One way to make peer review smoother is to use AI to break the ice. Here's a step-by-step process: 1. For peer review 1, assign everyone 2 reviewers: a human partner and ChatGPT (or similar software) 2. Have them submit for peer review from the AI first. Give them a template for exactly what to ask the AI for. 3. Set up the AI's feedback as a kind of model for constructive peer review. You can use AI as an ice breaker because it cannot feel awkwardness and it cannot be judgmental.

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3 How to give effective peer feedback

To give effective peer feedback, you need to be respectful, clear, and helpful. Respect your peers' work and feelings, and avoid personal attacks, insults, or judgments. Be clear about your purpose, criteria, and expectations, and use specific examples, questions, and suggestions to support your comments. Be helpful by focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of the paper, not the writer, and by offering constructive, actionable, and realistic advice. You can also use a rubric, a checklist, or a feedback form to guide your feedback and ensure consistency and fairness.

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Jason Gulya

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Make it clear that (1) your peer review is only based on your own thoughts, ideas, and experience and (2) that you're there to help. It's common to see peer reviewers as adversaries. But here's the thing: getting constructive peer review (rather than pat-on-the-back approval) creates a far better product. Key to this approach is making yourself available to your partner for follow-up discussion. That makes all the difference!

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4 How to receive constructive peer feedback

To receive constructive peer feedback, you need to be open-minded, attentive, and selective. Open-mindedness means being willing to listen to different opinions, perspectives, and suggestions, and to consider them as opportunities for learning and improvement. Attentiveness means paying attention to the feedback, asking for clarification if needed, and thanking your peers for their time and effort. Selectiveness means being able to filter, evaluate, and integrate the feedback that is relevant, useful, and valid for your paper, and to ignore or discard the feedback that is irrelevant, unhelpful, or invalid.

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One way to receive constructive feedback is to not personalize your peer's comment. It is imperative that you recognize this feedback as an avenue for growth and not an intention to ridicule your competence

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5 How to revise your paper based on peer feedback

To revise your paper based on peer feedback, you need to be systematic, thorough, and reflective. Systematic means following a clear and logical process of reviewing, analyzing, and applying the feedback. You can start by reading the feedback carefully, identifying the main issues and themes, and prioritizing the most important or urgent changes. Then you can make the revisions accordingly, using the feedback as a guide, but not as a rule. Thorough means checking your paper for coherence, clarity, and correctness, and making sure you have addressed all the feedback points. Reflective means assessing the impact of the feedback and the revisions on your paper, and noting what you have learned and what you can improve in the future.

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Jason Gulya

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Ask for help rather than guessing! Your peer reviewer has the same constraint as you: just as you may have left information unclear in the draft, your peer reviewer may have left their information unclear. (That is just part of writing sometimes!) So, I highly recommend swapping contact info with your peer reviewer beforehand and then, if anything is truly stumping you, reaching out to them for some quick clarification.

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