The video, Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes really opened my eyes on how to be effective while reviewing a student or a peer's work. It is always best to be specific because the writer can understand what needs to be changed and why. Also, another example from this video showed a "Pushy Paula". Sometimes students or peers will not want to take advice. At the end of the day, it is his or her's work and their choice what to do with the work.
I feel these examples on how to properly criticize a person's work is needed for future teachers. A teacher is here to be a guide and never to be a person a student does not feel like sharing their work with.
You make a very good point that a teacher is there to be a guide. Students and teachers need to have trust between one another, especially for creative writing purposes. Writing something down and giving it to a teacher for grading can be a very nerve racking thing. So having your own peers edit things can be even worse.
ReplyDeleteConstructive criticism is always best and there are definitely ways to give it correctly that we as future teachers need to learn how to do!
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ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. I know that in my classroom I want to make sure my students are being positive while criticizing one another's work.