Use a Letter to the Reviewer reflective memo submitted with each draft¶

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Description¶

A Letter to the Reviewer is a short reflective note or memo submitted with each draft in which students pinpoint both the strengths and weaknesses of their paper and request specific feedback that, from their perspective, would improve the draft. The author reports that students participate more actively and agentively in collaborative revision, become more reflective readers, and better recognize the relationship between classroom instruction and their own writing.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teachers should provide a list of questions or prompts as a guideline to help students compose their letters or memos

Constraints¶

• The technique is described from the author's own teaching experience rather than from a controlled study

Target Learners¶

• student writers drafting and revising papers across a course

Target Learning Goals¶

• reflective self-analysis of one's own writing
• targeted use of teacher feedback

Affordances¶

• Involve Students In Revision Process

Related Strategies¶

• Hold one-on-one writing conferences to negotiate feedback and revision
• Reflection After Writing
• 5-Minute Writing Conferences

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Shvidko, Elena. (2020). Taking into Account Interpersonal Aspects of Teacher Feedback: Principles of Responding to Student Writing. Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence, Vol. 4, Iss. 2, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.26077/936a-72f7