CETL Series: Working with Small Groups in the Classroom: Peer Review as a Strategy for Improving Students’ Writing Process

Kim Baker, sociology, anthropology and criminology, will share her research on using peer-review in upper-division, discipline-specific courses. With a single peer-review activity, she was able to force students to begin writing earlier in the semester, help students offer formative feedback to their peers and encourage students to substantially revise their drafts before submitting the final paper. Baker will identify research-based best practices for peer review and describe her experiences of conducting research on teaching and learning in the classroom.