2023 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Peer Review Practicum 2
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Tatsuya Yumiyama
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Mon (W9-326(W935))
- Class
- 2
- Course Code
- LAH.C402
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This class aims to practice peer review of papers by reading and critiquing papers written by your peers, while at the same time giving them valuable advice on how to improve their papers.
Course description and aims
By the end of this class, students will be able to acquire the following skills:
-Based on academic writing knowledge, the students acquire the ability to identify a paper's problems.
-The students become able to support the writer's problems through dialogue and help them become the "independent writer" who can rewrite their papers on their own
-The students also acquire the ability to consider the readability of their paper and reorganize it.
Keywords
peer review, tutoring, facilitate online activity, supportive leadership, writing paper, revise, critical thinking
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Instructors will give instructions on how to begin peer review activities in the first three classes, then students will review peer's essays. This class supports peer review activities in undergraduate students' classes.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to paragraph writing and peer review | Understand the fundamentals of paragraph writing. |
| Class 2 | Learning peer review and essay structure | Reviewing paragraph writing, understanding the fundamental of essay structure, and practicing peer review activity. |
| Class 3 | Learning the method of block quotation and peer review | Reviewing paragraph writing, understanding the fundamental of essay structure, and practicing peer review activity. |
| Class 4 | Peer review activity in the liberal arts final report class (1) | Practice peer review in the liberal arts final report class and make a reflection on their activities. |
| Class 5 | Peer review activity in the liberal arts final report class (2) | Practice peer review in the liberal arts final report class and make a reflection on their activities. |
| Class 6 | Reviewing Liberal Arts Final Report class and practice online peer review | Reviewing some number of essays in Liberal Arts Final Report class and sending them to the writers by e-mail |
| Class 7 | Peer review practice and reviewing the course. | Practice peer review and review all of the methods throughout the course. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterward (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
戸田山 和久、『最新版 論文の教室: レポートから卒論まで』、NHK出版、2022
佐渡島紗織，太田裕子（編）『文章チュータリングの理念と実践』、ひつじ書房、2013
Reference books, course materials, etc.
木下是雄、『理科系の作文技術』、中公新書、1981
The Chicago Manual of Style Online
佐渡島紗織、吉野亜矢子（著）『これから研究を書くひとのためのガイドブック』、ひつじ書房、2021（第2版）
Evaluation methods and criteria
Commitment to the class: 70 pts (class participation, assignment, and peer review report)
Term essay: 30 pts
Related courses
- LAH.C401 ： Leadership Workshop
- LAH.C101 ： Tokyo Tech Visionary Project
- LAH.C301 ： Liberal Arts Final Report
Prerequisites
Student must get a score at least 80 points of the `Leadership Workshop' in advance.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
yumiyama【at】ila.titech.ac.jp（replace 【at】 ＠）
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.
Other
This class is the subject of the Graduate Student Assistant (GSA) program.
Students who have taken a score of 80 or over will be awarded a certificate of GSA-R (Reviewer)
from the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning.