简介:Introduction:ARationaleforPeerResponseGroupsPeerresponsegroupshavebecomeacommonsightincompositionclassroomsoverthelasttwentyyears.WhileGere(1987)hasdemonstratedthatpeerresponsegroups,inwhichstudentwritersrespondtooneanother’swriting,havealonganddistinguishedpast,thecurrentuseofsuchgroupsemergedoutofthewidespreadadoptionoftheprocessapproachofthe1960’s,whentheywereadvocatedbyanumberofcompositionpractitioners,includingBruffee(1978;