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    Type of resources
    Reading
    Education level(s)
    College / Upper Division (Undergraduates), Graduate / Professional
    Primary user(s)
    Student, Teacher
    Subject area(s)
    Education, Social Science
    Language(s)
    English
    Cluster
    Academic Structures and Institutions
    Last updated
    20 February 2025
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    The Case for Using Educational Scholarship to Improve Peer Review

    By Madeleine Pownall

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    Level College / Upper Division (Undergraduates), Graduate / Professional · For Student, Teacher · Language English

    Abstract

    Peer review is broken. Reviewer comments often lack constructiveness, clarity, and consistency. For decades, educational scholarship has provided evidence-based, theoretically informed, and robust interventions for the provision of effective feedback. I argue, therefore, that the key to fix peer review lies within the educational literature.

    Keywords Peer Review