Due to a peer not submitting a report on time, I had the luck of being reviewed twice. Both of these peers provided me with important suggestions and I had spent a good amount of time reviewing my work after. It is interesting to note that one of my peers was already familiar with my term, and the other was not. Both reviews gave me a broader perspective on which areas to work on. This is my reflection on what I have learned in this assignment, with my definition of the game theory term, “the prisoner’s dilemma”.
Both of my reviewers were extremely helpful in providing positive and constructive feedback on my work. Because I was missing a lot of the criteria in my original assignment, my peers were able to provide helpful examples to help my understanding. For example, I seemed to have misunderstood the concept of the parenthetical definition. My peer included the textbook definition that it was meant to be a “clarifying phrase”, and even provided me an example that I reworked into my report.
I had already assumed that a visual representation of the dilemma was the deciding factor for understanding the theory behind it. Sure enough, my peers agreed that the graph had helped substantially; the peer who had never heard of the term before had noted that the visual had drawn his attention. However, both of my reviewers had noted that my example of the term was confusing and not explained very well. I had given a real world example of the dilemma by using the effects of Brexit, with the players being the European Union, and Britain. As a result, I had decided to completely take out that example, and instead used an experiment my game theory professor had performed with my class in a previous semester.
Participating in peer reviews is mutually beneficial for everyone involved. It had given a second and third perspective to my work, and it had massively improved my assignment. As a result, I hope that my personal review of my fellow peer’s report has also benefitted him as much as it had done for me. I found that while reading another student’ assignment, I was able to also learn from his writing style, as well as learn what I was missing in my own work. I made a mental note of all this, and tried to incorporate it into my final editing process. Being positive and critical is an important part of the writing process, and I look forward to learning more from my peers.
Attachment:3.1 Definitions (Revised)