Peer Review Roisin Donnelly For the collaborative Peer Review Process in IJAP

Academic Writing Academic writing is neither plain nor simple It is a way of writing that we have to learn It is highly particular, demanding and complex professional work Our written products are crafted works Crafting a journal article is both a time intensive and extensive process Feedback is really important Peer review offers interesting possibilities

Peer Review As a group you are peers on multiple levels; As professionals; As academics; As students All of you in the group are engaged in a journey of learning in this module as you seek to produce a journal article. Peer review is proposed as an important pedagogic principle in supporting group-based research writing (Aitchison & Lee, 2006).

Peer Review Gives you a chance to see how others react to and understand your developing paper Responses can provide affirmation and encouragement for the writing project as well as guidance and suggestions that challenge or highlight particular aspects of the paper Actively considering these responses enables authors to gain clarity about their ideas, recognise when some ideas are not working and become aware of what others found interesting in their writing projects Important to share work with colleagues early and often as writing a journal article requires others’ assistance

Peer Review – Some questions What was the best/most interesting part of the paper? Was there any part of the paper where you wanted more information because you were interested? What else did you want to know? Was there any part of the paper where you needed more information just to understand? What else did you want to know? List everything you liked about this draft If you had to reduce the length of the paper, what would you eliminate? Do you have any additional comments or suggestions?

Peer Review Work in groups of 2 Read your colleague’s draft Make marginal comments as you read Write 4/5 comments identifying strengths and suggesting improvements Aim for constructive comments Give feedback to colleague

Response Listen carefully to comments of colleagues about your draft Read the comments you receive and respond to them Note what you agree with Think how you might change something your colleague commented on