Investigating the Effect of Peer Feedback on Students’ Writing Skill

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of peer feedback on students' writing skill. The study adopted quasi-experimental research design. It involved 70 eleventh grade students in two intact classes at one of the public senior high school in West Sumatera, Indonesia. The students were given different types of treatment: the students from experimental class were given feedback from peers, and those from control class were given feedback from teacher. The study lasted 8 weeks. The data were in the form of quantitative data taken from the writing test to obtain students' writing score. The data analysis technique was processed by using t-test. Findings of the study indicated that the students were given peer feedback had better writing skill than the students were given teacher feedback.