Peer Evaluation to Me, This Term Paper

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However, the lack of depth and the lack of new thought reduce the significance level of this posting substantially. As a reader, I gain nothing from this post -- no insight and no sense of having learned something new. Ultimately, significance derives from the creation of something that is not only temporally relevant but is lasting in its profundity, and I do not see that here.

Precision reflects the degree to which the author clearly elucidates his or her views. In this case, those views are relatively precise, if threadbare. The author is clear enough at times -- "I truly agree with Howard Gardner…" -- and explains his/her point about dividing into different parts the materials by explaining those different parts in sequences. In this respect, despite the overall poor quality of the message, the message is relatively precise.

Breadth is an issue with this posting. The shotgun approach has been used here -- mentioning multiple readings without any attempt to tie of them together. The paragraphs do not flow from one to another, and there is no attempt to tie them together either in the introduction or the conclusion. So what little breadth there is remains merely superficial. Breadth should be reflected in the author covering a wide range of ground, with depth, and then tying all of the points to the central argument.

There is nothing particularly unfair about this piece, beyond the problem of surface-level thinking.


Ultimately, this response fails because it leaves us with no workable conclusions. Strong critical thought should allow us to gain insight and to learn lessons. These readings were thoughtful and in-depth, and deserved greater consideration than a cursory overview. As a student of management, it is important to understand the nature of critical thought and to make critical thought an ingrained habit. The author at this point has merely addressed the issue in a superficial manner. Paul and Elder tell us that one of the tests for superficiality is the actions that would normally derive from the line of thinking. In this case, there are no actions. There is no sense in the posting of what the author might do to incorporate the ideas contained in the readings about critical thinking to improve his or her own thought processes. Yet, those are the lessons that should have been gleaned from the exercise. There are few strengths in this posting. To improve it, the issue needs to be examined in depth. It is irrelevant as to whether or not the author agrees with the readings, what matters is why he or she does or does not agree with the readings. This is the level of reflection that is the first component of critical thinking. Once this rudimentary component of critical thinking is in place, then the other steps and components can follow......

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