Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 12/In the News/Peer Review One

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This article has been reviewed by: Mlipl001 (talk) 16:17, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

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


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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.

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Grammar and Mechanics Review

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â? I found these same things in my article not sure how they got there or how to fix them. So I will disregard them as I know it was not your intention to have them.

Ethics and law in the public school domain often carries a negative view in todayâs media. The news, in current (RECENT) years, focuses more on the denial of(STUDENTS) rights to students (CONSIDER MOVING) than any other legal issue that public schools face. Increasing violence in contemporary schools is a serious problem, but one that the media often only covers after an incident has occurred. While a great amount of attention is granted (try GIVEN TO  THE USE OF GRANTED IMPLIES ESTABLISHED OR PERMITTED)   to a major violent act in public school, the media also focuses on the negative aspects of schoolsâ prevention programs.

Other significant issues in the current media include: a teacherâs code of ethics, where is the line drawn on the extent of a teacher-student relationship (I AM NOT SURE WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY HERE MAYBE CONSIDER USING OR REDUCING TO TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP), and censorship versus free speech, the denial of first amendment rights.

Corder was asked to give a speech at her graduation, which is customary for most public high schools. Of course, since graduation is a school sponsored event, the ( CONSIDER REMOVING; THESE STATEMENTS CAN IMPLY BIASED MAYBE INTO ONE SENTENCE ) Principal Mark Brewer reviewed Corderâs speech before it was to be given.

Due to the religious message in Corderâs speech that may have offended audience members (CONSIDER REMOVING OR REWRITING CAN IMPLY BIASED; SCHOOL OFFICIALS FELT CORDERS STATEMENT MAY HAVE OFFENDED AUDIENCE MEMBERS, THEREFORE ORDERING ……), school officials ordered her to make a public apology

The boy had other similar issues in school for his repeated use of religious symbols, and scripture in his schoolwork. (CONSIDER REMOVING OR REWRITING CAN IMPLY BIASED OR EXPLAIN MORE WHY THIS STATEMENT GOES WITH YOUR SUMMARY )

Multiple Choice Questions

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 * 3) Question 2 _knowledge____
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 * 5) Question 4 __application___

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 * 2) Do they each have four answer choices (A-D)? _YES_____
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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.

For questions 1-3 maybe reword them to = WHICH IS NOT ....... then add another choice

Part 2 - Ratings
LIST and EXPLAIN your rating for each of the four criteria.  Importance:
 * I rated this article _4__ for importance because good general overview with relevant information.

Interest:
 * I rated this article _3_ on interest becauseit was difficult to read the side bars.

Credibility:
 * I rated this article _3_ for credibility because no scholarly were used.

Writing skill:
 * I rated this article _4__ on writing because although all sources were cited it had biased comments.



HIGHLIGHT SPECIFIC POINTS IN THE RUBRIC that apply to the article.

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Part 3 - "2+2"
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Compliments  .Your passion for each of the articles was clear. .You had a good variety of topics that gave nice balance to your article.

 Suggestions  .I felt there were too many personal or biased comments throughout <li>.I found the dark blue color used in the side bars made it difficult to read them, maybe try a lighter color something easier on the eyes.

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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.
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