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Archive of Teaching Ideas: Teaching tip for April 12-18, 1999
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A collaborative group technique for involving students in evaluating each other's writing and also in evaluating the evaluations they receive:
This idea comes from Robin Ramsey, Developmental English and Reading instructor, who said she has noticed real improvements in the revising abilities of some of the students who participated in this evaluative process.
After essay drafts are written, each student essay is evaluated by two classmates using a Peer-evaluation form. Then, when the essays are returned to their writers, each writer--using an Evaluate the Evaluator form--evaluates these evaluations in terms of helpfulness in the revision process, which will be the next step in the essay-writing process.
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