Students as Peer Critics of Writing in a Psychology Course

Abstract

In this study of whether feedback from students improved peers' writing 56 students in a medium-size class of introductory psychology gave written feedback to their peers who then revised their own essays for final grading. Students were more critical evaluators than the teaching assistant. Although quality of essays improved upon revision, there were some mitigating issues. The continuing need to develop writing skills is stimulus for additional research on the use of peer review.