RESEARCH PAPER: FIRST PEER REVIEW

Please read and mark your partner's paper, starting by writing "Read by______" and your name at the top. Remember to mark the following:

• Sections that are particularly strong
• Grammar and punctuation errors
• Quote mechanics and citation errors (remember each quote needs a signal phrase, the quote, the citation, and discussion)
• Facts/statistics/ideas that clearly came from research even though they are quoted and need citations

Then write a note that comments on the following:

For Educational Problems:

• What is the problem being discussed? What causes it? What is the effect of the problem? How effectively is this set up in the paper? How much evidence actually supports it?
• What does the writer want to see done about the problem?
• How effectively is the research used to support the discussion of the problem and to justify the proposed solution?

For Historical Issues:

• What is the historical issue under discussion? How clearly is the way this historical issue is treated in the classroom expressed?
• Who or what benefits from the way the historical issue/person is currently being taught according to the paper?
• Beyond a general regard for the "truth," why is it important to change the way this historical issue or person is taught? How will that help society?
• How effectively are sources used?