Peer Review Process

By doing peer reviews it helps the reviewer to become a better writer as well as the person whose paper is being reviewed. This process is more than just correcting basic mistakes such as grammar or spelling like we did in high school, it is reading through the paper and giving ideas based on how the well or bad the person did in writing there paper. While doing these peer reviews I have noticed that I focus more on clarity, context and detail than just the grammar aspects. As I read my peers papers, I still seem to notice the smaller errors but not as much as I did before I knew how to actually peer review. It is very obvious that throughout my peer review process I seem to make comments on the same types of things even in different kinds of papers. When reviewing the Literacy Inquiry papers, I found it hard to focus on the broader aspects of the paper and I think this is because it was my first time trying to evaluate whether there was too much detail or too little detail but I didn’t want to be superfluous in my constructive criticism. In both papers, the Literacy Inquiry and the Researched Based Argumentative, I found myself giving compliments and criticism where needed but also tried to give suggestions for ways I thought they could better improve the paper. As a reader, I felt I should try and give them my point of view on what was confusing to me and what I thought they did well. While reading the Literacy Inquiry I found myself looking more at how well they were telling the story and how they reflected on their experiences. In the Research paper, I found myself looking more at the facts, the supportive details and the counter argument than how well it was written. This process has definitely helped me to develop a better understanding of writing my own papers and also helping to develop my peer’s papers into better works of writing.