Group Agenda – Week 7

1. Complete the REP Peer Response Session

The process will be similar to last time; that said, I strongly encourage you to make the most of the opportunity. Really spend the time helping one another, offering feedback and suggestions, and making sure everyone gets as much out of the experience as you can. (Also, if you need external motivation: keep in mind, I do look at all of the feedback and comments, and all of this factors into any considerations of the contract self-assessment at the end of the quarter.)

You can find the directions for the peer response here. (These directions are also located below and in the Week 7 folder in our shared google folder.)

Below are the directions for the Research Exploration Project peer response session. Make sure you read them carefully and follow them. Again, you will get out of this session what you put into it, and I strongly encourage you to really make the most of the experience and offer the kind of feedback for your peers that you would like to receive in return.

  1. Individually (in class) –
    1. Spend a few minutes writing out/listing the main concerns you have about your annotated bibliography and/or literature review/synthesis paper. Make note of what you want others to focus on with their feedback.
    2. Put this at the top of your draft – either in a comment or in the document itself.
  1. In your peer response groups,
    1. Create a folder in our shared class google drive (in either your group’s folder or the “Week 7 ” folder of Activities)  and list each of your names in the title of the folder. 
    2. Put a copy of your REP draft in there (with your specific concerns and/or questions) included at the top
    3. Starting with one project:
      1. The author should take some time to explain the concerns they have written at the top while peers listen and/or take notes
      2. Everyone should focus on the annotated bibliography portion of the project to ensure that each entry addresses each of the following (as listed in the prompt). *This can be done aloud or in writing… it’s up to each group and each individual what they feel will be most effective:
        1. a brief context and summary of the source,
        2. how the source is relevant to the research–that is, how is it useful for the specific research focus,
        3. how they think the source might fit into their conversation overall.
      3. The author will then read the literature review portion aloud while group members follow along and offer comments (both in response to the specific concerns they voiced and in general). Be sure the author includes direct mention of the sources (not just the content of the sources).
      4. Following this, everyone should talk about their feedback and discuss their comments and suggestions for improvement
    4. Wash, rinse, and repeat for each author
  2. Complete the REP Peer Response Reflection in your individual google folders.

2. Complete the Peer Response Reflection

Similar to our last peer response, there are some peer response reflection questions for you to complete. Note: this is instead of the Participation Notebook for the week. You can access them via the link in the sentence before, but I am also including them here:

  • So, in a new document in your individual google folder, take some time after the peer response session to respond to the following questions:
    1. How was the peer response overall?
    2. What were your main concerns?
      • Did they get addressed?
      • Which do you still have?
    3. What do you plan to do next with your research/project?
    4. How has the process of writing this project gone for you overall? For your peers?
    5. What are you proud about with your project? What are you less proud about?