Peer reviewers learn from giving comments |
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| Authors: | Young Hoan Cho and Kwangsu Cho |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA;(2) Department of Interaction Science, Sungkyunkwan University, International Hall, Room# 324, Seoul, 110-745, South Korea |
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| Abstract: | Research on peer reviewing has revealed that comments received from peer reviewers are helpful when it comes to making revisions
in an individual’s writing, but the role of providing comments to peer writers has been little explored despite the potential
value of such research. In this study, we explored how student reviewers learn by reviewing peer drafts in the context of
reciprocal peer reviewing. Undergraduate students in an introductory physics course participated in this study as part of
their course activities. Participants wrote technical research drafts, reviewed three or four peer drafts, and revised their
own drafts in the SWoRD system. A total of 3,889 comment segments were analyzed in two dimensions: (a) evaluation (strength
vs. weakness) and (b) scope (surface, micro-meaning, and macro-meaning). We found that providing weakness comments for micro-meaning
and strength comments for macro-meaning improved the reviewers’ writing qualities. In addition, reviewers’ initial writing
skills and the quality of reviewed peer drafts influenced the types of comments given. The results are discussed, along with
their implications for improved writing through reviewing. |
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