Improving your Writing with Peer Review
How to Improve your Writing via Peer Review - Peer review or sometimes is referred to as Peer Feedback is a process by which something proposed (as for research or publication) is evaluated by a group of experts in the appropriate field (Merriam Webster Dictionary). The function of this process is to have some improvements on the writing and writing skill. How to do peer review or peer feedback is briefly discussed in this article.
How to do Peer Review
To implement peer review, first, let us see the types, methods, and techniques of peer review implementation.
Types of Peer Review
Peer review can be divided into several types based on the number of reviewers and method of review:
Single Responder Peer Feedback (SRPF)
This is the most basic peer review type which is comparable to open review. This type allows one text to be reviewed by one reviewer and the identity of the reviewer is recognized.
Multiple Responder Peer Feedback (MRPF)
This is the advancement of SRPF. This type allows one text to be reviewed by more than one (maximum 3) reviewers where their identities are recognized.
Random Multiple Responder Peer Feedback (RMRPF)
This is another type of MRPF which is comparable to double-blind peer review. This type allows one text to be reviewed by more than one (maximum 3) reviewers while their identities are not recognized.
Methods of Peer Review
Peer review, each type, can be implemented in at least two ways:
Electronic Peer Feedback (ePF)
ePF is a peer review process implemented by using computer programs or web-based programs. Open Journal System (OJS), for example, is an example of ePF implementation. Different programs like Blog, Facebook, Microsoft Office Word, OpenOffice Word, and Google Docs are the most known programs that make ePF possible.
Paper-Based Peer Feedback (pPF)
This is the peer review process commonly implemented in the classrooms or other occasions where writer and reviewer work on the printed text.
Techniques of Peer Review
In each type and method, peer review can be implemented in different techniques:
Non-Grouped Peer Feedback
In the classroom, for example, this technique is implemented by carrying out the peer review process without grouping the students. Student-writer and student-reviewer are chosen or matched by the teacher by considering their writing skill or language proficiency.
Group Peer Feedback
In implementing this technique, the writer and reviewer are grouped. This grouping technique is further divided into to sub-techniques, static group and rotating group. More about peer review types, methods, and techniques can be read in an article journal here.
The basic principle of peer review is that two heads is better than one head. In doing peer review, we can have a lot of corrections and inputs for our writings improvements. In the very simplest way, we can ask other writers to proofread our article before it is published on the blog. We can send the article through email or print and ask someone knowledgeable to read and suggest for improving the article.
After having our article checked and corrected by our peers, we can consider for revision to improve it. The correction may exist in form level or content level or both. This is very beneficial for us because peer review makes it possible for us to see the mistakes or weaknesses that we cannot see or find by ourselves.
The conclusion is, when you write an article, make sure to have someone knowledgeable to read it before it is published on your blog. Make some correction to improve the article based on the input provided by your peer.
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