Results by title

3 books match the query 'Peer review'

cover of Peer Review: Reform and Renewal in Scientific Publishing

Peer Review

Reform and Renewal in Scientific Publishing

Adam Etkin, Thomas Gaston, and Jason Roberts

Against the Grain, LLC, 2017

Charleston Briefings: Trending Topics for Information Professionals is a thought-provoking series of brief books concerning innovation in the sphere of libraries, publishing, and technology in scholarly communication. The briefings, growing out of the vital conversations characteristic of the Charleston Conference and Against the Grain, will offer valuable insights into the trends shaping our professional lives and the institutions in which we work.
 
The Charleston Briefings are written by authorities who provide an effective, readable overview of their topics—not an academic monograph. The intended audience is busy nonspecialist readers who want to be informed concerning important issues in our industry in an accessible and timely manner.

Peer review is an essential aspect of scientific publishing. Yet, how familiar are most of us with the process of peer review? How long has peer review been considered a cornerstone of scientific publishing and what is it meant to accomplish? With so many changes in the realm of scholarly communication in the last twenty years, has the status of peer review also been challenged? Is peer review obsolete? These questions are fundamental to Peer Review: Reform and Renewal in Scientific Publishing. Publishers, researchers, librarians, vendors in the information sphere, and those who are passionate about science will all find much to interest them in this work.
[more]
cover of Rethinking Peer Review: Critical Reflections on a Pedagogical Practice

Rethinking Peer Review

Critical Reflections on a Pedagogical Practice

Phoebe Jackson

University Press of Colorado, 2024

Rethinking Peer Review: Critical Reflections on a Pedagogical Practice interrogates peer review, a foundational practice of writing instruction, from both practical and theoretical perspectives, provoking discussion and re-examination of this practice in light of changing demographics, new technologies, and changing goals and priorities among teachers and institutions. Though long considered an essential element in writing and writing-intensive courses, peer review continues to provoke questions and provide challenges for instructors and students. By questioning and clarifying the goals of peer review, the contributors to this edited collection demonstrate how peer review can inform and enhance student writing and learning. In doing so, Rethinking Peer Review offers a roadmap for revitalizing this critical practice for the 21st century classroom.
[more]
cover of The Community of Inquiry Framework in Writing Studies: Designing for Learning with Peer Review

The Community of Inquiry Framework in Writing Studies

Designing for Learning with Peer Review

Jennifer M. Cunningham

University Press of Colorado, 2027

Applying the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework—a social constructivist model of online learning comprised of cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence—to writing studies, this book investigates peer review in hybrid and online first-year writing courses. The authors draw on both theory and disciplinary practices to analyze multi-institutional case studies, interviews, and artifacts, offering scholarship that is both data-driven and pedagogically pragmatic. The results of their analysis present a pragmatic and pedagogically sound approach to navigating the complicated task of designing and facilitating courses that incorporate collaborative activities such as peer review.

[more]