How Do I Peer Review – Dr. Eric Drown

When I peer review someone’s paper, I usually look for the things that I would incorporate into my paper. First, I would read their whole paper once to see if I can understand what point they are trying to address. Then see if they explain the authors point of view on the situations and supported it with the rights quotes. The reason why I say the right quote is because sometimes writers will add in quotes that are not necessary and vice versa writers will sometimes have to little of quotes in their paper or none at all. After checking off the quotes section I then move on to see if the writer explained their point of view on the topic. It’s important that the writer explains his or her point of view, so the reader is not confused about who ideas are being mention. Once I finish checking that I look for if the writer explained whether or not they agree or disagree with the authors point of view. The last thing I do is look for if they made a connection to the topic with their own experience, so that the reader can have somewhat of an understanding on why they agree or disagree with the author. When I’m going through a paper, I’m not just looking for things they do not have to kill their self-esteem. I’m also acknowledging the good that they have in their paper. For example, if someone has great quotes that supports the authors explanation on a topic, I will acknowledge that and comment on their paper saying that they did a good job finding quotes to support the authors point of view about a topic. I feel as though I do a fair share of stating what good, what bad, and what a paper need.