Peer review
Research in peer-evaluation has shown that students learn
from providing feedback to their peers and benefit from receiving
feedback from others with similar experiences, especially
when the review process is structured, anonymous, and
reciprocal [4]. Additionally, peer reviewing can increase interaction
among the newcomers and therefore improve their
sense of community. We encouraged the faculty to ask students
to review works of other students as part of the assignment.
We provided support in the portal for faculty to assign
peer reviews. Faculty can specify the number of reviews per
student and decide to assign specific reviews to students or
allow the students to sign up for reviews. Once the assignment
is done, the system informs the students of their review
assignments. Students can view articles edited by their peers
including particular edits done by the student. The review
form asks students for an overall score as well as free-format
comments regarding strengths of their peers’ edits and comments
suggesting ways their peers can improve their articles