How to write meaningful peer response

DBJ

Author & reading covered: Meaningful peer response by Ron DePeter

Pg- 45

Quotation- “Students were often reluctant to write questions, which they viewed as critical, because they did not want to be perceived as “judging” their peers’ experiences, thoughts, or feelings”

Analysis- I feel this way sometimes when peer reviewing someone’s essay. When i write down a question i think to myself how it comes off as critical or straightforward without misinterpretation. Often I am reluctant to further critique a person’s essay with questions for that reason. 

Pg- 47

Quotation- “Recognizing how you’ve changed over time and looking back on your younger self is such a human thing to do and extremely relatable. I think we’ve all been there”

Analysis- I think this technique is very effective. It shows that the reader was engaged with the reading. As well as offers insight on how the reader/audience related to what the author wrote. 

Pg- 48

Quotation- “Being a peer responder is not just about being a good one or a bad one, it is, just as it is with your writing, about your investment in joining a real conversation with others”

Analysis- Viewing it from this stance honestly is a good perspective. I always viewed it as comments rather than a discussion. This stance would further enable my peer review effectiveness. 

Pg- Overview

Quotation- “Praise is an important element of peer and teacher feedback—it can, to quote Donald Daiker, “lift the hearts, as well as the pens” 

Analysis- I agree with this quote. This quote infers that positive criticism can be just as beneficial to the person as well as their writing. This simile correlates a pen and heart which are both within the writer’s possession.