Collaborative Peer Review of Annotated Bibliography

After you completed your annotated bibliography, you might want to share it with your
peers in order to get some feedback on your work so far.

In groups of three or four, present your annotated bibliography to one another and discuss
how your researches are going. In other words, present a discussion of your work in
progress. Ask for feedback from the class about your developing research project.

Feedback questions can include the following:

Focus: According to the bibliography, what do you think of the research focus? Does it
seem narrow and specific enough?

Primary sources: Are there sufficient primary sources for analysis? Comment on
breadth and depth.

Secondary sources: Are there sufficient secondary sources to show the complexity of the
issue? Comment on range and substance.

Content:
1. What aspects of the research sources are discussed in the annotations? eg. author?
research goals? methods? findings? discussions? implications?
2. How engaged are the writer’s annotations – does the writer show familiarity with
the sources?
3. Does the writer write in academic tone and style?
4. Does the writer indicate how the sources will be helpful to the writer’s own
developing argument?
5. Has the writer considered counter-arguments?
6. Does there seem to be ample evidence to support the writer’s argument?
7. What can you recommend that would improve the research content for the writer
at this point?