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| Questions for Peer Review of Writing Assignments Consider sharing your assignments with a colleague. Ask your colleague to answer the following questions: |
| Can you see how the assignment fits into course goals? Can you see what students might learn from doing this assignment? |
Does the assignment seem interesting and challenging? From a student’s perspective, how difficult will this assignment be? How much time will it take? |
| What kinds of students would this assignment appeal to? What kinds of students will this assignment not appeal to? |
| Is the assignment clear? From a student’s perspective, is there any possible way to misinterpret the assignment? |
| Does the assignment specify or imply a specific audience? Are the grading criteria clear? |
| Are the mechanics of the assignment clear (due dates, expected length, manuscript form, other particulars)? |
| Is the process students should follow as explicit as possible? Are checkpoints built into the assignment? If you were to receive this assignment, what process would you follow? |
| How easy will this assignment be to coach? To grade? |
| (Adapted from John C. Bean. Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. 0-7879-0203-9) |