EFFECTIVE PEER GROUP RESPONSE

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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