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improved grades, much higher quality in the final manuscript,

reducing instructor workload

e graded on the quality of their reviews, not on the reviews their papers received

minimize the load on the teacher and maximize the benefits of peer review

According to the authors, good feedback performs the following functions: clarifies what good performance is (goals, criteria, standards) facilitates the development of self-assessment and reflection delivers high quality information to students about their learning encourages teacher and peer dialogue around learning encourages positive motivational beliefs and self esteem provides opportunities to close the gap between current and desired performance provides information to teachers that can help shape teaching (p. 3).

According to Palloff and Pratt (1999), "the ability to give meaningful feedback, which helps others think about the work they have produced, is not a naturally acquired skill" (p. 123).

Thus, the peer review process could be on its way to the next step:  becoming truly crowdsourced using the Internet, and more specifically, a tool like Google, to effectively critique new work published by academic authors.

e socially and academically integrated in order to provide meaningful learning experiences

“relationships with cohorts”

hat interaction between peers is important to online students and suggests that “the psychological presence of peer students can also bring a positive effect on various aspects of distance learning”