- Because teachers are not allowed to help students while they are working on the the Performance Tasks (PT) for the AP Computer Science Principles (CSP) course, this gives students a practice run where they can get feedback and coaching the writing the Performance Tasks requires.
- Have students peer review each other PTs.
- The volume of reading and revisions is too high for the teacher to provide timely feedback.
- Use this peer review process Rebecca Dovi developed with help from AP and IB english teachers:
- First, students swap their PT with another student
- Next, give one statement to students to steer them in the direction of what they are looking for.
- Never give students more than two statements to steer them.
- Example Statements:
- Using a highlighter, mark each time the writer uses emotional language.
- Using a highlighter, mark every time the writer answers a specific question from the prompt.
- This one is especially helpful because students often think they have answered a question when they may not have been clear.