Thursday, July 19, 2007

D#8, HW#2, Peer Review

For the peer review I reviewed Amanda and Shawn's papers. I think everyone mainly has a good grasp on what an annotated bibliography should consist of. There are little errors here and there in citations, but citations are very confusing and I've found that even when I look up online how to do them properly each website says something slightly different. I commented where I thought necessary on where changes needed to be made and I hope I helped. Reading these papers I also discovered that everyones topics are very interesting and everyone seems very "into" them. I think the papers are going to turn out great! I actually had people peer review my paper this time and I would like to say thanks! They offered me minor suggestions that will make my paper flow and sound a whole lot better. Also Kel Bomar gave me a suggestion on how to fix the formatting of my paper so I will hopefully be able to fix that soon. There was a 35% match rate in turnitin.com but most of it was the citations, because other students have used the same sources in writing their papers. Also some of the matches are just common phrases used in discussing my topic. Such phrases include "comprehensive sex education is the only way" and "abstinence-only sex education programs". I don't feel like these matches are a threat to the integrity of my paper. I think they are all common phrases and words used in my paper.

3 comments:

Amanda said...

How do you get a match rate on Turnitin? None of the paper's I submitted on Turnitin say anything, just that I submitted it. I don't really understand it. And I'm glad you think my paper seems thoughtout because honestly I do all the work right when it's due, not thinking about it beforehand. And I am writing something about when pregnant mother drink. There is a disorder called Fetal Alcohol Disease, which is similar to what you were talking about, that I will touch on.

Tedibaer07 said...

Jessica ~ Let me know if you have difficulty uploading your WP#2 final. I'd be happy to walk you through it.

latron hickson said...

I agree with you, sometimes citations are so confusing. I hate it when they don't have a part that you need. Then I just get confused and frustrated.