Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 10/Chapter FAQ/Peer Review Two
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PEER REVIEW TEMPLATE
- Use this template for your peer reviews.
DIRECTIONS:
- You are required to complete TWO (2) peer reviews.
- Please take your time and provide effective, helpful feedback. Plan to spend 1.5 to 2 hours per review!
- Each peer review is worth 50 points and will be "graded" by the article's author. (Click on Discussion to see the rubric the author will use to grade your peer review.)
- You may only review articles written in the current semester (no articles with BOLD titles)
- As instructed above, be sure to sign your peer review with four tilde ~~~~. You will not receive credit for reviews that are not signed
- To complete this assignment, we suggest having two tabs/windows open in your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer): one with this peer review template and one with the article you are reviewing
- Starting the DAY AFTER the peer reviews are due, you may complete ADDITIONAL peer reviews for EXTRA CREDIT (25 points each). You MAY NOT complete any Extra Credit Reviews until that time.
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Part 1 - Article Components
[edit | edit source]Learning Target(s)
[edit | edit source]Answer the following questions regarding the learning targets:
- Is/are the stated learning targets actual learning targets i.e. they state what the reader should know or be able to do after reading the article? Yes
- Is/are the learning target(s) specific? Yes
- Is/are they appropriate and reasonable? (Are they too easy or too difficult for ECI 301 students?) Yes
- Is/are they observable? (You wouldn't have to look inside the readers head to know if they met this target.) Yes
- Does the article provide adequate information for readers to achieve these targets? Yes
Please make a comment about the learning target(s). If you answered "No" to any of the questions above, please explain how the author can improve them.
Comment: The learning targets are well written and easy to understand. After reading the article, readers should easily identify information to verify target achievement.
Grammar and Mechanics Review
[edit | edit source]- Please either paste the entire body of the article here or any sections that you feel need to be revised.
- To do this:
- go back to the module page for the article
- select "edit this page"
- highlight all the text, hit control "c" (or "copy" from the edit menu)
- navigate back to your peer review page
- click edit this page and paste the text into this window (use control "v" or paste from the edit menu)
- You may want to have Wikibooks open in two windows/tabs to make this process easier.
- Type your comments in ALL CAPITALS or in another color so the author can easily find them.
The are several coding problems for apostrophes, quotation marks, and other punctuation. Also, check those side bars. Please check your coding to correct these problems.
Examples include:
...report entitled âWhat Makes a Teacher Effective?" .http://www.ncate.org/public/teachereffective.asp?ch=48 (quotation marks)
Thatâs a really good question! (apostrophe)
Teachers and parents and administrators (Teachers, parents, and administrators) alike have been asking that question for many years and the truth of the matter is is (remove an 'is') that there is no one answer.
Direct Instruction (instruction) âis a model for teaching that emphasizes well-developed and carefully planned lessons designed around small learning increments and clearly defined and prescribed teaching tasks.
Discovery Learning (learning) , according to Rezak ...
Examples of this (replace with discover learning) include interactive and hands on experiences such as planting and growing seeds into plants.
To learn more about direct instruction and discovery learning, visit the following links (make links singular) :
Differentiated Instruction (instruction) is defined as recognizing that...
Cooperative Learning (learning) is defined as ...
common goals." (Berk, 2008) (Don't forget..the period goes AFTER the citation)
Each member of a group is held accountable (accountable) for a portion of the assignment.
how well they worked with each other. (A Guide to Cooperative Learning). (Check this citation, it needs a date.)
Jigsaw, developed by Elliot Aronson, Professor Emeritus at the University of California in Santa Cruz (citation info?) , places students into groups with various social and ethnic differences each with the same goal to succeed, and so the hostility becomes muted as the students are forced to work together to achieve success.
References... Please check your APA formating for your reference list. Specifically, pay attention to article titles (use lowercase letters) and journal titles and volume numbers (in italics).
Sources
[edit | edit source]For each source listed in the "References" section of the article, name the type of source (scholarly or popular) and the perspective it provides (research, expert opinion from educator, popular news source, parent organization, personal contact, etc.)
- . Scholarly, research.
- . Popular, academic organization.
- . Popular, news source.
- . Popular, research.
- . Popular, research.
- . Popular, news source.
- . Scholarly, research.
- . Scholarly, expert opinion.
- . Popular, expert opinion.
- . Scholarly, research.
- . Scholarly, research.
- . Scholarly, research.
- . Popular, research.
- . Scholarly, research.
List the range of publication years for all sources, e.g. 1998-2006: 1968-2009
Answer the following questions about the sources used in the article:
- Did the author CITE at least 5 sources? Yes and use at least 2 scholarly sources? Yes
- Are the citations in APA format? No. Problems were brought to the author's attention in the grammar and mechanics section.
- Here are two examples of citations in APA format, one for a paraphrase and one for a quotation:
- Constructing a title is both a science and an art, but on one fact all of the experts agree: the title must contain a colon (Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, & Starr, 2007).
- Unfortunately impoverished children are often attending “low-performing schools staffed by ill-equipped teachers” (Murnane, 2007, p. 34).
- Here are two examples of citations in APA format, one for a paraphrase and one for a quotation:
- Are all the sources listed in APA format in a Reference list labeled "References"? No. Again, problems were brought to the author's attention in the grammar and mechanics section.
- Here is an example of a reference written in APA format:
- Bailey, J., & Barnum, P. (2001). The colon and its rise to prominence in the American circus. Journal of American Punctuation, 34(5), 2-3.
- Here is an example of a reference written in APA format:
- Taken together do the 5 sources represent a good balance of potential references for this topic? Yes
- Does the author consider potential bias in the sources? Yes
- Are most of the sources current (less than 5 years old)? Yes
Please make a comment about the sources. If you answered "No" to any of the questions above, please explain how the author can improve.
Comment:
Great variety of resources. Please take some time and look over the APA guidelines for the formating fo citations and references.
Multiple Choice Questions
[edit | edit source]- What does each question assess: knowledge or reasoning (application of knowledge)?
- Question 1 knowledge
- Question 2 knowledge
- Question 3 application
- Question 4 application
Answer the following questions about the multiple-choice questions.
- Are there 4 multiple-choice questions? Yes
- Do they each have four answer choices (A-D)? Yes
- Is there a single correct (not opinion-based) answer for each question? Yes
- Do the questions assess the learning target? Yes
- Are the questions appropriate and reasonable (not too easy and not too difficult)? Yes
- Are the foils (the response options that are NOT the answer) reasonable i.e. they are not very obviously incorrect answers? Yes
- Are the response options listed in alphabetical order? No
- Are correct answers provided and listed BELOW all the questions? Yes
Please make a comment about the multiple-choice questions. If you answered "No" to any of the questions above, please explain how the author can improve the question/s.
Comment:
The questions are well written and address the learning targets. For each question, the answers could be place in alphabetical order.
Part 2 - Ratings
[edit | edit source]LIST and EXPLAIN your rating for each of the four criteria.
- Importance:
- I rated this article 5 for importance because the article presents information relative to the topic that is applicable new teachers. New teachers could use this research to assist them in honing their own teaching methods.
- Interest:
- I rated this article 4.5 on interest because the article layout, side bars, and photo make this an appealing read. Getting the reader's attention is half the battle! Plus, I love the old-school B/W photo...makes me think of a one room schoolhouse!
- Credibility:
- I rated this article 3 for credibility becausethough there were several excellent sources, citation and reference formatting needs work.
- Writing skill:
- I rated this article 4.5 on writing because the article was well-written and clearly organized which made it easy to understand. The questions clearly addressed the author's learning targets.
HIGHLIGHT SPECIFIC POINTS IN THE RUBRIC that apply to the article.
To do this: Highlight sections with the cursor and use the BOLD icon above OR type ''' (3 apostrophes) before and after the text you want to make bold
Wiki Article Rubric
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Part 3 - "2+2"
[edit | edit source]List TWO compliments and TWO suggestions about the article content
- Hints:
- Focus on the work, not the person
- Describe "There is...", "I see.." rather than judge "You didn't..."
Compliments
- The article is visually appealing because of its layout and the addition of sidebars and a photo. It is easy to match information with the learning targets, and provides clear, concise examples when needed.
- Key terms are defined and supported with research, making them easier to understand.
Suggestions
- While there are several excellent resources, please take time to review APA formatting for citations and references.
- I enjoy the layout of your article. To make it more visually appealing, you could take the bold off of the text to make it a less "aggressive" read.
You can make compliments and suggestions that relate to specific areas of the paper or to the paper in general. I suggest a mixture of both. Focus on what's most important. Of course, you can also include more than two suggestions and more than two compliments. The goal is to help the author improve his/her article.