Peer Review Form

Peer Review Form

Title of Paper Reviewed:

Your Name:

A) Read the essay quickly. Mark only in pencil. Mark spelling and obvious grammatical errors.

B) Reread the essay and give brief remarks here on presentation.

1. Does the opening paragraph contain a thesis sentence that describes what the essay hopes to achieve? Is the paper organized in a logical order as suggested by the opening thesis?

2. Does each paragraph provide specific arguments, examples, or illustrations supporting the main idea of the paragraph? Give an example of the author's use of supporting material.

3. Summarize the essay's main argument.

4. What economic terms and concepts are used in the essay? Are they used correctly?

5. What is one important idea that you think the author left out?

6. Assess the paper using the criteria on the reverse side of this page.

Assessment Criteria

Content Low High

1. Paper responds fully to the assignment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3%

(see description of paper types on syllabus)

2. Introduction does a good job of setting up the paper 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5%

3. Labor market issues are described clearly and correctly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15%

4. Economic analysis is correct; reasoning is

clearly explained and internally consistent 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 30%

5. Graphical analysis is clear and appropriate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15%

6. Overall assessment of content 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20%

Writing quality, grammar, spelling

7. Sentence structure is good 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3%

8. Paper makes correct use of punctuation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3%

9. Paper is free of spelling errors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3%

10. Paper is free of errors in word choice 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3%

Weighted Average of Scores: ______

Your grade will be calculated as a weighted average of scores assigned to items 1-10. Items 1 and 7-10 are worth 3 percent each. Item 2 is worth 5 percent. Item 3 is worth 15 percent. Item 4 is worth 30 percent. Item 5 is worth 15 percent. Item 6 is worth 20 percent.