student reviews
bran.l
evaluate_peers_sample.docx1. Evaluate the thesis statement: note whether the author’s thesis and overall representation of these particular articles are clearly stated. Make suggestions to help with the wording if you think it will help the author’s clarity.
Hazel, you have a great thesis statement, and you work in mentioning your articles nicely. Great job!
2. Share any concerns you have about the accuracy of the author’s sources. You can also suggest other sources that would help the author to have the most comprehensive understanding of his or her particular topic.
Did you use the same SUO sources we found last week A couple of them don’t look that way. They all look like they would be accurate though because they were either from the SUO library or from a .edu website, and they are all timely.
3. Note whether the organization of the essay is effective. Suggest an alternate organizational strategy if you think one is needed or would be useful.
Your organization is wonderful. You start with the nature side of the debate, followed by the nurture side, then followed by articles that are sort of neutral. This is a great way to go over the information from your sources because you’re not jumping around all over the place.
4. Note whether this short essay convinces you that the author has located sufficient materials to be knowledgeable about his or her topic for the final essay and, therefore, is ready to proceed to taking a stand on the issue, which is our next step in the research process.
I believe that you have found sufficient material to be knowledgeable about your topic. You look at both sides of the debate and have very interesting information. I think you’re ready to take a stand on the issue and continue to the next step of the process.
5. Offer corrections to errors in in-text citations and references. We want to have a discussion about how to correctly format citations and references so that this aspect of writing is also made clear in the process of writing.
Regarding your in text citations, I noticed there were a couple of places where you included a quote, but you didn’t address the author or the year. Remember when including quotes to end it with (author, year) to prevent yourself from plagiarizing.
