2/28/2017 0 Comments Revising and EditingOne of the reasons why students struggle with revising their work is because they don’t know how to handle criticism. To begin with, criticism can often lead to feelings of rejection, especially when coming from someone they feel is more knowledgeable than them, like a teacher. For this reason, the article, “Learning a Lesson from The Girls Who Write Notes” by Janis Cramer suggests that students be given the opportunity to free write and then hand their journals over to peers as more of a peer edit, rather than a teacher critique. Thus, students get tips on revising from someone on the same level as them, therefore the judgment feels more like a suggestion because it is coming from a friend. Furthermore, Cramer suggests that we can also teach students to cut out wasted words, then, with this idea of peer editing in place, students can ideally help one another with the extra verbiage. Students still get a handle on revision techniques and teachers can still teach the structure, but with using the effect of peer tutoring and peer mentoring, students feel more at ease and consequently may be more likely to revise their work and feel as though they are able to have the confidence and the capability to achieve their editing goals.
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