I have been a student since 1995... over the years I have been involved in numerous group projects and have written several papers that were to be reviewed by my peers. Sometimes I have received great feedback that has helped me greatly, but more often than not peer reviews have been useless to helping me correct or fix my work. Honestly, when I was younger and I heard "Today we will be doing peer reviews" it often became translated to: "Today we will goof off, doodle pictures, and write smiley faces in red pens telling someone they did a good job without reading anything."
I want to create a process to where there is a greater emphasis placed on the importance of peer reviews and the advantages that they could potentially hold. The honor system no longer works in my opinion when it comes to such things, I think a system of accountability would be much more beneficial.
The way that this would work would be that it is set up in a way that requires the peer reviewer to put effort into what they are doing. Whether it be through web response or a interactive sheet to fill out, and this review would be reflective on the reviewers own scores. By having to be accountable and having retributions if you are not, it places emphasis on the importance of why you are doing the review. Peer reviews were created to enhance the quality of work, not to be a means of slacking.
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