GEOB 479 Peer Review Guidelines

Peer Review

Simply stated, peer review involves reeving feedback and suggestions for improvement on your presentations from your peers. As you give you presentation in class, the other students will be critically reflecting on how effective your presentation / paper review was.

CRITERIA GRID

Weak	Satisf	Strong	CRITERIA	READER'S COMMENTS
___	___	_X_	Assertion: clarity, importance	The object of the paper's author was clearly identified. I also found the contextualization of the subject very helpful.
___	___	_X_	Spatial analysis: relevance, strength, credibility	I could immediately see the importance of GIS in this study, and agreed with your assessment that the methodology was clearly laid out.
___	_X_	___	Organization: arrangement of ideas, guiding the reader	Pretty good. But the linkages you presented of the initial objectives of the authors to their results weren't clear.
_X_	___	___	Mechanics: spelling, grammar, punctuation	Some careless mistakes. Better proofreading needed.
___	_B_	___	Overall effectiveness	I'm not completely convinced that the conclusions as presented were supported by the evidence presented.

APPROPRIATE, CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS

Be respectful and considerate of the everyone's feelings.
Use "I" statements.
Offer suggestions, not commands.
Raise questions from a reader's point of view, points that may not have occurred to the reviewer.
Phrase comments clearly and carefully so that the reviewer can easily understand what needs to be improved.
Make sure comments are constructive and specific (not "This presentation was confusing." but rather "It would have helped to have a few more graphics (or tables) from the original paper in your presentation so that we could see for ourselves the flaws you mentioned.").

This material is served from the University of Mänoa Writing Program