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| Abstract Title: | Evaluating the Effectiveness of Peer Review in Introductory Physics Labs |
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| Abstract: | We evaluated the use of student peer review in an introductory physics laboratory as a central part of writing instruction. During a recent revision of a physics laboratory course the number of written reports was reduced from weekly to three per semester but each report went through a process of review by a peer and then revision based on the feedback before final submission for grading by the instructor. Copies of laboratory reports from all sections of the laboratory were collected and evaluated following a coding scheme that had previously been developed to evaluate the quality of student writing on different facets of the written reports. The results were then compared to student reports from before the revision. It was found that the quality of the reports undergoing peer review was comparable or better than those without, although the former submitted only a fourth of the number of reports. The use of peer review resulted in comparable to improved student writing while significantly reducing the workload for students and instructors. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 2 Room D |
| Poster Number: | 2D-1 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
William Poteet Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1077 Bowling Green, KY 42104 Phone: 2703931007 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Scott Bonham Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1077 Brian Luna |
