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Providing Well-Written Peer Evaluations
Providing Well-Written Peer Evaluations

Learn how to write a peer evaluation that is both critical and motivational for your peers.

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The Approach to Providing a Well-Written Peer Evaluation

Use the SPARK model below to provide your overall written evaluation on your peers’ work:

  • Specific: Comments are linked to a particular word, phrase, sentence, or paragraph.

  • Prescriptive: Like a medical prescription that aims to solve an ailment, prescriptive feedback offers a solution or strategy to improve the work, including possible revisions or links to helpful resources or examples.

  • Actionable: When the feedback is read, it leaves the peer knowing what steps to take for improvement.

  • Referenced: The feedback directly references the task criteria, requirements, or target skills.

  • Kind: Comments should be framed in a kind, supportive way. Also, always try to find at least one positive area of the work to comment on.

Sample Written Peer Evaluations

SAMPLE EVALUATIONS FOR WELL-DONE ASSIGNMENTS

Example of a poorly done written evaluation on a perfect or near-perfect assignment:

"Good job!! You answered all of the questions correctly and your critical thinking skills are clearly evident! Overall great job! :)"

This example is too nice. It doesn’t provide any specific examples of what was done well and what requires improvement.

Example of an excellent written evaluation on a perfect or near-perfect assignment:

"Great work on this assignment. Your written submission is very thorough with minimal deviation from the assignment expectations and rubric. Your argument was really well-structured and supported with strong evidence throughout. There were two points in your closing paragraph that could have been better worded to avoid redundancy and repetition for the reader, however they still did a good job at summarizing the information above to close off the response. I did not feel like this warranted a loss of marks, but I think it would be a good consideration to keep in mind when structuring future conclusions in your work. I really enjoyed seeing that you incorporated your own opinion on each point, especially in the third paragraph. You brought up valuable points that I will keep in mind throughout this course. Overall, very well done! Your submission was thoughtful and the argument was comprehensive overall. Keep up the good work!"

This example provides specific examples of what was done well and a small suggestion for improvement.

SAMPLE EVALUATIONS FOR POORLY-DONE ASSIGNMENTS

Example of a poorly done written evaluation on a poorly done assignment:

"I reviewed your work and was very disappointed with the quality overall. First of all, there are several grammatical errors throughout which shows that there was minimal proofreading involved. Second, I noticed that you incorporated the wrong reference format. Lastly, I had a very hard time following along with your argument as it was poorly structured."

This example is too harsh. The tone of the writing comes across as condescending and the reader may be distracted by that instead of being receptive to how they could improve, even though specific examples were given.

Example of an excellent written evaluation on a poorly done assignment:

"Reading through your assignment, I can tell that you put a lot of time and effort into this. Your opinion is strong and clear throughout, with many valid points that I found myself agreeing with. I particularly liked how you listed and addressed all of the counterarguments to your own. That said, I think that there is also some room for improvement here that would greatly benefit you. The number one tip I would provide is to ensure you proofread your work or have someone else read through it with fresh eyes and perspective. This would catch a lot of mistakes that you might have missed and help improve the readability of your work. For example, in your third paragraph there were a few run-on sentences that made it hard to understand. Another great tip would be to try to include more evidence and in-text references to back up your claims. This would make your work look significantly more reliable. Overall, your points came across well and I hope my feedback has been helpful for you moving forward."

This example provides specific examples of what was done well, suggestions for improvement, and it has a motivating tone.

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