Peer Review & Rubric(s)

Guidelines for Peer Reviewing/Editing

Getting students to give each other helpful reviews of essays is hard. Too often, students concentrate on mechanical errors and ignore substantive issues of how effective an argument is; students are very reluctant to sound critical of each other's work. The following sets of guidelines from INTD 105 instructors may give other instructors some ideas about how to guide students into a peer review and how to structure it for maximum impact.

A peer editing worksheet contributed by Maria Lima.

Sample Grading Rubric(s)

Figuring out what to look for when grading writing, not to mention applying a standard consistently, can be hard. Rubrics are one popular solution to this dilemma. Here is a rubric for INTD 105 instructors to consider, to follow as much or as little as you wish. We welcome other examples of rubrics instructors have developed; send them to either of the co-coordinators for posting here.

Developed by Maria Lima, submitted January 2019, updated June 2021.