EFFECTIVE PEER GROUP RESPONSE
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Definition
Peer Group Response can be defined as"the use of learners as sources of information, and interactants for eadh other in such a way that learners assume roles and responsibilities normally taken by a formally trained teacher, tutor,or editor in commenting on and critiquing each other's drafts in both written and oral formats in the process of writing "(Luand Hansen2002:1)
- Peer Group response has other names like 'peer editing' or 'peer review'.
- Peer group response helps in generating a rich source of information in matters of content enhances inter cultural communicaton
- Provides the learners a strong sense of group unity
- develops values of caring and sharing among students.
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