INFN2001 Peer Essay Draft Review session
INFN2001 Peer Essay Draft Review session
WELL DONE!
V1.6
9 Nov 2009
V2.0
20 Nov 2009
V3.6
25 Jan 2010
V3.7
11 Feb 2010
V.3.8
17 March 2010
V4.7
7 April 2010
Submitted to NEJM
Rejected
V5.1
8 June 2010
V6
1 July 2010
V6.7
5 August 2010
Submitted to Lancet
Modified
15 Nov 2010
Resubmitted
19 Nov 1010
Modified again
14 Jan 2011
Accepted
28 Jan 2011
Why bother with this process: show me the data!
1. The process gets students to start essays earlier: consequent reduction in late
submissions
2. Overall improvement in the results:
No review
Review
First
18%
26%
2(i)
39%
27%
Mean mark
57%
61%
Laurillard (2012)
Why bother with this process: show me the data!
1. The process gets students to start essays earlier: consequent reduction in late
submissions
2. Overall improvement in the results:
No review
Review
First
18%
26%
2(i)
39%
27%
Mean mark
57%
61%
Mean % (SD)
First draft
66.2% (21.1)
p=0.002
Second draft
72.2% (18.1)
p=0.02
Final submission
76.9% (15.3)
Laurillard (2012)
Marking guidelines
A poor essay would simply list a selection of agents and describe their
characteristics. i.e. it would not address the question. It may refer only to one or
two types of pathogen (virus bacteria etc) and it would have some clear
misunderstandings and errors.
A good essay would define the perfect pathogen and consider the characteristics
that it might possess. It would cover all of the classes of agent, would draw on a
range of examples from each, not just limited to those in the lectures. It would
draw some coherent conclusions.
An excellent essay would focus on the notion of a perfect pathogen, investigate
the concept, and discuss the various parameters, using a range of examples from
all the types of agent. It would have clear evidence that the student had really
thought about the problem and addressed it in an original way.
Essay Draft review Session
Sit next to your “pair”
Take this seriously: engage with your pair and make a real effort to discuss the issues
You can learn a lot by trying to explain your ideas out loud.
Discuss the essay topic in general
Discuss your ideas for what should be covered in the essay
Discuss your comments on each others essays…
Consider whether the essay really does address the question
Together, think about what broader issues the essay topic raises
Complete the questionnaire
Comment
Discussion point
I didn’t understand this…
Why not? How can it be made clearer?
This is wrong
Why? What is the right thing here?
Grammar!
What is wrong? Why? How should it be written
How about some more examples?
Suggest some
Don’t quote extensively
Don’t plagiarise
Back up statements of fact with a reference
Try not to use lectures as references
Don’t use figures as decoration
Remember the essay title: it is NOT: “Write an essay about pathogens.”
Essay Draft review Session
Sit next to your “pair”
Take this seriously: engage with your pair and make a real effort to discuss the issues
You can learn a lot by trying to explain your ideas out loud.
Discuss the essay topic in general
Discuss your ideas for what should be covered in the essay
Discuss your comments on each others essays…
Consider whether the essay really does address the question
Together, think about what broader issues the essay topic raises
Complete the questionnaire