infn2001 peer essay draft review session
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INFN2001 Peer Essay Draft Review session. INFN2001 Peer Essay Draft Review session. WELL DONE!. V1.69 Nov 2009. V2.020 Nov 2009. V3.625 Jan 2010. V3.711 Feb 2010. V.3.817 March 2010. V4.77 April 2010. Submitted to NEJM . Rejected. V5.18 June 2010. V61 July 2010. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
INFN2001 Peer Essay Draft Review session
WELL DONE!
INFN2001 Peer Essay Draft Review session
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
Mean mark
2(i)First 18% 26%
39% 27%
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
Mean mark
2(i)First 18% 26%
39% 27%
57% 61%
Laurillard (2012)
Mean % (SD)
Final submission
Second draft
First draft
76.9% (15.3)
72.2% (18.1)
66.2% (21.1)p=0.002
p=0.02
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.
Marking guidelines
Essay Draft review Session
Sit next to your “pair”
Discuss the essay topic in general
Discuss your ideas for what should be covered in the essay
Discuss your comments on each others essays…
Together, think about what broader issues the essay topic raises
Take this seriously: engage with your pair and make a real effort to discuss the issues
Complete the questionnaire
You can learn a lot by trying to explain your ideas out loud.
Consider whether the essay really does address the question
I didn’t understand this…
This is wrong
Grammar!
How about some more examples?
Comment
Why not? How can it be made clearer?
Why? What is the right thing here?
What is wrong? Why? How should it be written
Suggest some
Discussion point
Don’t quote extensively
Don’t plagiarise
Try not to use lectures as references
Back up statements of fact with a reference
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”
Discuss the essay topic in general
Discuss your ideas for what should be covered in the essay
Discuss your comments on each others essays…
Together, think about what broader issues the essay topic raises
Take this seriously: engage with your pair and make a real effort to discuss the issues
Complete the questionnaire
You can learn a lot by trying to explain your ideas out loud.
Consider whether the essay really does address the question