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Promise and Peril

Peer Review as an Act of Revision

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Which articles would you rather read?

A

B

C

D

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Why does peer review matter?

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Benefits of Peer Review: Actual

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Benefits of Peer Review: Practical

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Benefits of Peer Review: Ethical “Most of us work hard to understand—at least

until we decide that a writer failed to work equally hard to help us reach that understanding, or, worse, has deliberately made our reading more difficult than it has to be…We write ethically when as a matter of principle, we would trade places with our intended readers and experience what they do as they read our writing.” (Williams, 2005, 178-179)

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Goal of Review and Revision:

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What do expert academic writers do? Make a compelling case for why their studies need

to be conducted [Introduction] Put effort into explaining how their work contributes

to the field [Body, Discussion] Write with multiple audiences in mind – fellow

experts and less expert readers [a.k.a., writing style] Define constructs early [lit review] Craft clear links between ideas [connection words] Present complex ideas unambiguously in figures

[labeled] Provide organizational guideposts [subheadings, topic

sentences, transition words]

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Process of Peer Review

Read whole first Mark sections Comment on problem Discuss with author

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Marking Hard Copy• Mark text with lines,

brackets, and arrows• Mark text using a pencil

Marking Electronic Copy• Set “Track Change”

options to always include balloons and lines pointing to changes and comments: