Enhancing scientific essay writing using peer assessment

To report and document well, scientific and engineering professionals systematically collect, evaluate and synthesize the work of their peers with their own. The product of such effort is a technical report or scientific paper that reviews the existing body of knowledge, presenting it in a logical a...

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Published inInnovations in Education and Teaching International: Book Reviews Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 281 - 290
Main Authors Venables, Anne, Summit, Raymond
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 01.08.2003
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Australia
Computer science
Computer Science Education
Content Area Writing
Cooperative learning
Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods
Educational sciences
Engineering
Essays
Foreign Countries
Genre
Higher Education
Learning
Literature reviews
Operating systems
Peer Evaluation
Peer review
Peers
Professionals
Scientific and Technical Information
Skills
Student Attitudes
Student Experience
Student Needs
Student Surveys
Student writing
Teaching methods
Technical Writing
Writing Processes
Australia
Assignment
Engineering
Written Expression
University
Computer Science
Peer
Science
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Summary:To report and document well, scientific and engineering professionals systematically collect, evaluate and synthesize the work of their peers with their own. The product of such effort is a technical report or scientific paper that reviews the existing body of knowledge, presenting it in a logical and ordered manner where claims are supported by evidence and referenced by citation. It is also usual in the scientific community that peer review then precedes the publication of such papers. This paper reports on a trial of introducing Computer Science students to the task of technical and scientific writing including the process of peer review. Upon completion of the trial, the students were surveyed anonymously. An overwhelming majority of respondents claimed to have initial reservations about participating. However, upon completion of the exercise, the majority reported that the entire process was intellectually simulating to complete and that it had enhanced their knowledge of subject matter.
ISSN:1470-3297
1470-3300
DOI:10.1080/1470329032000103816