Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 10/Chapter FAQ/Peer Review Two

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Learning Target(s)
Answer the following questions regarding the learning targets:


 * Is/are the stated learning targets actual learning targets i.e. they state what the reader should know or be able to do after reading the article?  Yes
 * Is/are the learning target(s) specific?  Yes
 * Is/are they appropriate and reasonable? (Are they too easy or too difficult for ECI 301 students?)  Yes
 * Is/are they observable? (You wouldn't have to look inside the readers head to know if they met this target.)  Yes
 * Does the article provide adequate information for readers to achieve these targets?  Yes

Please make a comment about the learning target(s). If you answered "No" to any of the questions above, please explain how the author can improve them.

Comment:  The learning targets are well written and easy to understand. After reading the article, readers should easily identify information to verify target achievement.

Grammar and Mechanics Review

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 * Type your comments in ALL CAPITALS or in  another color so the author can easily find them.

'''The are several coding problems for apostrophes, quotation marks, and other punctuation. Also, check those side bars. Please check your coding to correct these problems.'''

Examples include:

...report entitled âWhat Makes a Teacher Effective?" .http://www.ncate.org/public/teachereffective.asp?ch=48 (quotation marks)

Thatâs a really good question! (apostrophe)

Teachers and parents and administrators  (Teachers, parents, and administrators) alike have been asking that question for many years and the truth of the matter is is (remove an 'is') that there is no one answer.

Direct Instruction (instruction) âis a model for teaching that emphasizes well-developed and carefully planned lessons designed around small learning increments and clearly defined and prescribed teaching tasks.

Discovery Learning (learning), according to Rezak ...

Examples of this (replace with discover learning) include interactive and hands on experiences such as planting and growing seeds into plants.

To learn more about direct instruction and discovery learning, visit the following links (make links singular) :

Differentiated Instruction<font color=#0066CC> (instruction) is defined as recognizing that...

Cooperative Learning<font color=#0066CC> (learning) is defined as ...

common goals." (Berk, 2008) <font color=#0066CC> (Don't forget..the period goes AFTER the citation)

Each member of a group is held accountable <font color=#0066CC> (accountable) for a portion of the assignment.

how well they worked with each other. (A Guide to Cooperative Learning). <font color=#0066CC> (Check this citation, it needs a date.)

Jigsaw, developed by Elliot Aronson, Professor Emeritus at the University of California in Santa Cruz<font color=#0066CC> (citation info?), places students into groups with various social and ethnic differences each with the same goal to succeed, and so the hostility becomes muted as the students are forced to work together to achieve success.

<font color=#0066CC> References... Please check your APA formating for your reference list. Specifically, pay attention to article titles (use lowercase letters) and journal titles and volume numbers (in italics).

Multiple Choice Questions

 * 1) What does each question assess: knowledge or reasoning (application of knowledge)?
 * 2) Question 1 <font color=#0066CC> knowledge
 * 3) Question 2 <font color=#0066CC> knowledge
 * 4) Question 3 <font color=#0066CC> application
 * 5) Question 4 <font color=#0066CC> application

Answer the following questions about the multiple-choice questions.


 * 1) Are there 4 multiple-choice questions? <font color=#0066CC> Yes
 * 2) Do they each have four answer choices (A-D)? <font color=#0066CC> Yes
 * 3) Is there a single correct (not opinion-based) answer for each question? <font color=#0066CC> Yes
 * 4) Do the questions assess the learning target? <font color=#0066CC> Yes
 * 5) Are the questions appropriate and reasonable (not too easy and not too difficult)? <font color=#0066CC> Yes
 * 6) Are the foils (the response options that are NOT the answer) reasonable i.e. they are not very obviously incorrect answers?<font color=#0066CC> Yes
 * 7) Are the response options listed in alphabetical order? <font color=#0066CC> No
 * 8) Are correct answers provided and listed BELOW all the questions? <font color=#0066CC> Yes

Please make a comment about the multiple-choice questions. If you answered "No" to any of the questions above, please explain how the author can improve the question/s.

Comment: <font color=#0066CC> The questions are well written and address the learning targets. For each question, the answers could be place in alphabetical order.

Part 2 - Ratings
LIST and EXPLAIN your rating for each of the four criteria.


 * Importance:
 * I rated this article<font color=#0066CC> 5 for importance because <font color=#0066CC>the article presents information relative to the topic that is applicable new teachers. New teachers could use this research to assist them in honing their own teaching methods.


 * Interest:
 * I rated this article <font color=#0066CC> 4.5 on interest because <font color=#0066CC>the article layout, side bars, and photo make this an appealing read. Getting the reader's attention is half the battle! Plus, I love the old-school B/W photo...makes me think of a one room schoolhouse!


 * Credibility:
 * I rated this article <font color=#0066CC> 3 for credibility because<font color=#0066CC>though there were several excellent sources, citation and reference formatting needs work.


 * Writing skill:
 * I rated this article <font color=#0066CC> 4.5 on writing because <font color=#0066CC> the article was well-written and clearly organized which made it easy to understand. The questions clearly addressed the author's learning targets.

HIGHLIGHT SPECIFIC POINTS IN THE RUBRIC that apply to the article. To do this: Highlight sections with the cursor and use the BOLD icon above OR type ''' (3 apostrophes) before and after the text you want to make bold

Part 3 - "2+2"
List TWO compliments and TWO suggestions about the article content
 * Hints:
 * Focus on the work, not the person
 * Describe "There is...", "I see.." rather than judge "You didn't..."

Compliments
 * 1) <font color=#0066CC> The article is visually appealing because of its layout and the addition of sidebars and a photo. It is easy to match information with the learning targets, and provides clear, concise examples when needed.
 * 2) <font color=#0066CC> Key terms are defined and supported with research, making them easier to understand.

Suggestions
 * 1) <font color=#0066CC>While there are several excellent resources, please take time to review APA formatting for citations and references.
 * 2) <font color=#0066CC>I enjoy the layout of your article. To make it more visually appealing, you could take the bold off of the text to make it a less "aggressive" read.

You can make compliments and suggestions that relate to specific areas of the paper or to the paper in general. I suggest a mixture of both. Focus on what's most important. Of course, you can also include more than two suggestions and more than two compliments. The goal is to help the author improve his/her article.