1. Employing Peer Response in Your Classes
Elizabeth Kleinfeld, Director, Writing Center
Mark Potter, Director, Center for Faculty Development

2. Write
Write for 5 minutes about your experiences with having students respond to each others’ writing. What have been the successes? What have been the challenges?

3. Successes

4. Challenges

5. Real world examples History class
Students take part in modeling the peer responses.
Students work in the same groups (of three) throughout the semester and gain familiarity with each others’ projects.

6. Real world examples Writing class Humanities survey class
Students roleplay effective response behavior.
Students answer open-ended questions.
Students reflect on helpful responses.
Humanities survey class
Students respond to content as readers.

7. Best practices to keep in mind
Do not judge the success of peer response by the quality of draft revision(s).
Value student-style responses.
Provide opportunities for students to give each other authentic feedback.

8. Design your peer response activity
Figure out your main goals for the activity.
What will be the steps for achieving those goals?

9. Resources Writing Center Website: http://www.mscd.edu/~writectr/ \
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