Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 9/Chapter FAQ/Peer Review One

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This article has been reviewed by:  Sciaston (talk) 18:28, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

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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:

I think the learning target is specific and measurable. Would you want to add another one or more?

Grammar and Mechanics Review

 * Please either paste the entire body of the article here or any sections that you feel need to be revised.
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 * Type your comments in ALL CAPITALS or in  another color so the author can easily find them.

PASTE TEXT HERE

Effective SChools Introducation INTRODUCTION

...twenty first century... ADD A COMMA AFTER THE WORD CENTURY

...effects us all the work... ADD A COMMA AFTER THE WORD ALL

I mentor... CHANGE THE "I" TO "A"

...(mentoring, 2009). CAPITALIZE MENTORING

...characteristics defines as... CHANGE DEFINES TO DEFINED

...and assignment in... CHANGE ASSIGNMENT TO ASSIGNMENTS

In effective schools everyone include all... ADD A COMMA AFTER THE WORD SCHOOLS AND CHANGE INCLUDE TO INCLUDING

...general caious. CHANGE CAIOUS TO CHAOS

Attitude is everything!! In effective schools all...ADD AN EXTRA SPACE BETWEEN "EVERYTHING!!" AND "IN" AND ADD A COMMA AFTER THE WORD SCHOOLS

...level personel must... CHANGE PERSONEL TO PERSONNEL

...be successfully. "Studnets... CHANGE SUCCESSFULY TO SUCCESSFUL AND STUDNETS TO STUDENTS

...perspective, however they... ADD A COMMA AFTER THE WORD HOWEVER

Multiple Choice Questions

 * 1) What does each question assess: knowledge or reasoning (application of knowledge)?
 * 2) Question 1 _Knowledge______________________
 * 3) Question 2 _Reasoning______________________
 * 4) Question 3 _Reasoning______________________
 * 5) Question 4 _Knowledge______________________

Answer the following questions about the multiple-choice questions.
 * 1) Are there 4 multiple-choice questions? _Yes_____
 * 2) Do they each have four answer choices (A-D)? __Yes____
 * 3) Is there a single correct (not opinion-based) answer for each question? __Yes___
 * 4) Do the questions assess the learning target? _Yes_____
 * 5) Are the questions appropriate and reasonable (not too easy and not too difficult)? __Yes____
 * 6) Are the foils (the response options that are NOT the answer) reasonable i.e. they are not very obviously incorrect answers? _Yes_____
 * 7) Are the response options listed in alphabetical order? __No____
 * 8) Are correct answers provided and listed BELOW all the questions? _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:

I thought the questions reflected the learning targets well.

Part 2 - Ratings
LIST and EXPLAIN your rating for each of the four criteria.  Importance:
 * I rated this article _4__ for importance because...it covers key ideas but some more in-depth coverage would move it up to a "5" rating.

Interest:
 * I rated this article _4__ on interest because...there is only one sidebar and the FAQ's were interesting but could use more elaboration. Some additional color would add more visual interest.

Credibility:
 * I rated this article _4__ for credibility because...the sources were appropriate, reputable and diverse. Double checking on the book title referencing and fixing the spaces in the references will easily move this rating up to a "5".

Writing skill:
 * I rated this article _5__ on writing because...the multiple-choice questions were aligned well with the learning target and the content aligns with the learning target. The FAQs were very appropriate to the topic.  The writing was organized and easy to read.



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  . The learning target aligns with the content and multiple-choice questions well. . There are many FAQs in the article and they are relevant and answered clearly and thoughtfully. Many scholarly sources are used.

 Suggestions  . There are only approximately 528 words in the content of the article and the Wikibook Article Guidelines call for 800-1000. More content and in-depth discussion would raise the "important" and "interesting" ratings on the Rubric. <li>. Please double check about italicizing the book titles and spacing on the references. </ol>

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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