Lab
Reports - Peer Editing
Using a RED pen or pencil
when editing a peer’s paper, check off the following items on the checklist
below. Make corrections DIRECTLY on the
person’s paper. Just as you would want
someone to point out your mistakes so they can be corrected, you need to be a
good editor on another’s paper.
Check off each item as
it is completed.
Mechanics
q
Circle all
misspellings.
q
Mark and fix
any other grammatical errors.
q
Underline any
sentence that is confusing. (You may
want to read it out loud to the person to demonstrate that it is confusing.)
Contents
q Title
q Question
q Materials (Is it a complete list?)
Procedure
o
Is it in
narrative form?
o
Are all of the
steps listed?
o
Is it clear?
Data
o
Is the data
clearly presented in the Procedure Section?
o
Is it
organized?
o
Is it
complete?
o
Is everything
labeled correctly?
Analysis
o
Are all
questions, problems, and/or calculations asked in the lab directions answered in the lab write-up?
o
Is the work
for all calculations shown?
o
If a graph is required,
does it contain all required information?
Answer
o
Does it answer
the question posed at the beginning?
o
Does it use
data and results obtained from experiment to support the answer?
Lab Write up for :
Peer Editor Name: