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Peer Review- reviewing, reading, and commenting on other’s work

Purposes of peer review: step in the writing process, get feedback on work to lead to revision, gain the perspective of your peers and appropriate feedback, practice reading and revising to apply to your own work, gives you space from your paper, see other approaches or strategies used

Pros of peer review: more eyes on your paper before you hand in to professor, good feedback can benefit you, practice revising & see other perspectives

Cons of peer review: wrong advice given, may not put in the time or effort, being too nice or not wanting to offend, hurt feelings, lack of confidence to peer review, defensiveness

Deeper Revision: focusing on the elaboration, organization, and asking questions of the author- a more effective way to peer review

Surface Revision: getting caught up looking at spelling and grammar, not an effective peer review strategy