5.+Peer+Review

Peer Review
Peer review is an important part of the science process. As a peer reviewer, your job is to make suggestions for your partners that will help them improve their work. Sometimes, it can feel awkward to "criticize" someone's work, but we are working in the spirit of helpful collaboration. The "criticism" is really a "suggestion." As the writer being reviewed, you can __agree__ or disagree with the feedback, but it should be useful to consider it.

Please peer review at least two reports on the BirdSleuth wiki (if possible, peer review the same reports you reviewed earlier and/or select a report that has one or fewer other reviews.) Remember, it is important to provide meaningful feedback and constructive criticism—help your colleagues make their reports as strong as they can be! As a guide, consider using the peer review form found on pages 20-21 of the Investigator's Journal. Then, type in your comments on the “Discussion” page of your partners’ reports. The peer reviews should be done no later than the due date in your syllabus.



You may also want to review the **Components of a Scientific Report** as you help your partners during the peer review process.



I recommend downloading the peer review form so that you can fill it out using MS Word. This way you can switch back & forth between the wiki report __window__ and your peer review on Word as you work. Then you can copy and paste your peer review into the discussion page when you are finished.