Signature Assignment Peer Review Form

Use the following questions as guidelines to help the author better see his or her signature assignment through the eyes of another reader. As a critic, try to be as specific as you can about the assignment's strengths and weaknesses in order to help the author effectively revise according to the criteria of a signature assignment. Complete the questions below for at least one of your colleagues.

Discipline: ______

Course: ______

Assignment Title: ______

Assignment Type: ☐ Test ☐ Essay ☐ Project ☐ Presentation ☐ Other ______

1. Briefly describe the work the student is being asked to complete.

2. What types of discipline-specific skills and/or knowledge does the assignment ask the student to demonstrate?

3. What types of higher order skills does the assignment ask the student to demonstrate? Check all that apply: ☐ to identify/define ☐ to explain/interpret ☐ to solve/apply ☐ to analyze/distinguish ☐ to evaluate/predict ☐ to design/invent ☐ other ______

4. Does this assignment have a reflective component to be completed by the student?

☐ yes ☐ no

5. If yes, what types of reflection does the prompt call for? Check all that apply: ☐ planning ☐ process ☐ reasoning ☐ judgment ☐ feelings ☐ strengths/weaknesses ☐ effort ☐ overall success of project ☐ growth ☐ goal setting ☐ other ______

6. If no, what types of reflection might work well for this assignment? Check all that apply: Signature Assignment Peer Review Form

☐ planning ☐ process ☐ reasoning ☐ judgment ☐ feelings ☐ strengths/weaknesses ☐ effort ☐ overall success of project ☐ growth ☐ goal setting ☐ other ______

7. Identify at least two Institutional Learning Outcomes that this completed assignment demonstrates.

☐ 1. Effective Communication ☐ 4. Information Literacy ☐ 2. Critical Thinking ☐ 5. Quantitative Literacy ☐ 3. Working with Others ☐ 6. Community Engagement

8. Which VALUE Rubrics might be most effective for assessing how this Signature Assignment demonstrates the ILOs you identified above? See the sample VALUE rubrics and descriptions.

☐ 1. Critical Thinking ☐ 4. Information Literacy ☐ 2. Written Communication ☐ 5. Quantitative Literacy ☐ 3. Teamwork ☐ 6. Global Learning ☐ Others______

9. Given the assignment prompt here, would faculty in another discipline be able to understand the assignment and assess sample student work for the Institutional Learning Outcomes you have identified? Why or why not? If not, what revisions to the assignment would help other faculty better understand the assignment and resulting work for institutional assessment purposes?

10. What are the greatest strengths and/or potentials of this signature assignment?

11. What have you learned from reviewing your partner’s assignment prompt, that is, what will you take back to the revision of your own Signature Assignment?