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Professors often ask students to peer review each others work. A peer review can be very helpful when done properly. Fostering a growth mindset is a key element to giving feedback. The feedback should give the author information regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the material. Receiving only positive feedback is unhelpful because it does not show the potential for improvement and we can all improve. Providing your peer with constructive criticism shows them the areas that have potential growth. If your comments are not constructive than they are simply criticizing and that defeats the purpose of a peer review. It is important to remember that the information is intended to help the author take his or her material to the next level. The suggestions should never feel like an attack on the author's style or content. Providing the author with an alternate view point, that they may not have considered, allows the author to add elements that will make their own position strong against it's opponents. Giving ideas on ways that they can expand on their idea or make it more clear to the reader is also very helpful. For more helpful hints on how to receive and give feedback follow the links have provided below.
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Thanks again for working ahead like this, Heather: this is a new assignment for the semester, so I am glad the instructions were clear. My favorite element of feedback that you mentioned here is the alternate viewpoint. In these Gen. Ed. classes, there are students from all the different colleges and majors at OU, which is really cool. It means you will be interacting with some people who might be taking totally different classes than you are taking, with different interests and knowledge and experience. And that can result in some really useful alternate viewpoints, just as you mentioned here!
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