Thursday, May 1, 2008
Finding a balance
Trying to understand the need between peer review and teacher review of a student's work is something that is hard for me. I know that students may learn valuable information from their peers within that review if it is done correctly, but it seems to me as though there is nothing that beats the reviews that an instructor gives to me over my work. Perhaps it is the fact that I am used to writing to please my instructor and the peer reviews I have gone through in my academic past have not been very helpful. What is it that you guys think of peer review? On one hand they are a valuable source of information but on the other they seem very annoying to put your students through. It almost seems like you are asking them to do more work that they might not necessarily get anything out of. I think that I am of two minds about peer review when it is done correctly.
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Balance is the hardest thing in the world. I think that school is good for us as teachers because it lets us remember how many things we had to balance and still meet deadlines etc.
Of course, I am one of those hyper-taskers that does better if I have 5 MILLION things going on but I also know what it feels like to hit the wall.
In peer review specifically I think the balance for students and teachers is one of the biggest obstacles to peer review being successful.
I still think peer review is more valuable at this level than in high school but....
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