After reading the relevant articles in this week's folder, and keeping in mind the discussion we’ve had in class about scholarly information, describe the peer-review process. In your response, answer the following questions:
-Why is peer-review important?
-What are some ways that you can tell if an article is peer-reviewed, or scholarly?
-When do you want to use peer-reviewed research in your work?
-Also think about in what ways YOU engage in informal and/or formal peer-review in your personal and researching life
Peer reviewed research can be the very reason why you get an "a" or "c" on a paper or assignment. Peer review is very important because you need someones perspective on your writing instead of your own. If you are writing a paper or doing a project you want to get constructive criticism on it so that you can better the work that you are working on. Ways that you can tell if an article is scholarly is by the author, the audience the article is intended for, references, and the length. You would want to use peer reviewed research in your work when you are talking about certain subjects. All depending what topic you might not want to use peer reviewed research like if you were talking about the government you would want straight facts no peer review needed for your research you would not necessarily need peer reviewed research. I have not used peer review for any of my researching but for other assignments like a papers and certain projects it came in handy because I needed criticism and help on what I may have done wrong and in order to improve my work I let several people review my work.
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ReplyDeletePeer review really can make the difference between getting an “a” or “c” on a paper, especially in something like an English class. I have experienced times when people attempted to peer-review a paper and pretend as though they knew what they were talking about, and tried to steer me in the wrong direction or more towards their personal opinion.
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Hello Dajane I think that you are totally correct with getting your paper revised by your peers because you never know what’s wrong with your paper until you let somebody give you their opinion on how they think the paper is. That could be the difference between an A and F because somebody else can help you on parts that’s your not strong in. So you are totally correct
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I agree that peer review is important because other peoples perspective can help with improving your work and helping to make sure that you are communicating your ideas and/or arguement correctly. I have also found it to be important to know if the people reviewing your work is competent enough to give you the proper criticism that you need.
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