Peer Review
Scoring
(For all assignments & exams)
Introduction. Many of the assignments and
exams in this course will be comprised of short answer questions or
problem sets. For each question, there will often be a few critical
ideas or steps that must be conveyed in order to answer it correctly.
Partial credit may be given if some points are addressed but not others.
The Peer Review Scoring Process is designed to reinforce your knowledge
of the subject matter by highlighting which are the critical points or
steps to any problem, allowing you to see those points phrased
differently, and giving you the chance to critically analyze if a
response given to a question is the correct one and offer ideas on how
it may be improved. This process will also acquaint you with exactly how
assignments are graded and what kinds of questions to expect on future
exams.
Mechanics. When you complete an assignment for this course you
are required to submit both an electronic copy and a paper copy of the
assignment. The paper copies will be randomly traded with other students
in the course and you will have one week to complete Peer Review Scoring
of the assignment. For this, you will be given an answer key to the
assignment. You are to read the answers to each question on the
student’s assignment and determine if the answer is equivalent to the
answer on the answer key. Since each person words their answers
differently, you will have to determine if their response is indeed
correct. The answer key will specify what critical concepts are
necessary and how much partial credit is appropriate for each. If a
students answer is incorrect, you must provide, in your own words, why
their answer is not correct and what the correct answer is.
Peer Review Scoring should be done with an ink pen of blue or black
color (not red).
Grading. You will be graded on how accurate your scoring of the
assignment is, how well you identified correct and incorrect answers,
and the quality of the responses that you have provided when the answer
was incorrect on the assignment. Please see the rubric included below.
Peer Review Scoring will comprise 25% of the grade in this course so
make sure to spend an adequate amount of time on it.
Rubric
You receive a base grade and percentage points are subtracted from that.
Your base grade on Peer Review is determined by how far off the Score
you determine is from the Grade I give the assignment.
Base Grade = 100% (A) if the Score you determine is within 5% of the
grade I determine.
(Example: you give it a 100% when the real grade I determine is 96%)
Base Grade = 89% (B) if the Score you determine is greater than 5% off
from the grade I determine
Base Grade = 79% (C) if the Score you determine is more than 10% off
Base Grade = 69% (D) if the Score you determine is more than 20% off
Base Grade = 0% (F) if the Score you determine is more than 30% off, if
scoring was done in red, or if the Peer Review Assignment was not
completed on time. (1 week)
From the base score you will get:
No percentage points subtracted if you have correctly identified all
correct and incorrect answers and provided correct explanations where
answers were incorrect
- 1 % point subtracted for each correct answer identified as incorrect.
- 3 % points subtracted for each incorrect answer identified as correct.
- 3 % points subtracted for not supplying any explanations when an
answer was identified as incorrect.
- 1 % point subtracted for or supplying an incorrect explanation when an
answer was identified as incorrect.
- 1 % point subtracted for not correctly explaining why the answer was
incorrect when identified as incorrect.
Note: The score you determine for the student will not
necessarily be the score the student receives on the assignment. I will
be grading the assignments myself and recording the correct grade after
Peer Review.
You will receive a four digit code that you will
use in place of your name on all assignments and exams to maintain
anonymity and an unbiased process..
