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Calibrated Peer Review Essays Increase Student Confidence in Assessing Their Own Writing

Journal of College Science Teaching—January/February 2012

The online writing software Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) is a useful tool for writing assignments in large college classes. Students submit essays online and are guided in how to rate essays using criteria written by the instructor. The author of this article found that students who were not already confident in the ability to evaluate their own writing tended to increase their confidence after using the CPR system.

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