What you will learn
- Separate learner and claim
- Use explicit criteria
- Ask reproducible questions
- Recognize limits of expertise
Separate learner and claim
Review the claim and evidence rather than judging the learner's worth or confidence. A respectful review can still identify a material error. Separate a correctable calculation defect from a broad statement about someone's ability.
Use explicit criteria
Use explicit criteria for reasoning, data, calculations and limitations. A rubric helps keep reviews consistent, but it should not conceal uncertainty or reward presentation more heavily than correctness.
Ask reproducible questions
Ask questions another person can answer with records or a reproducible calculation. What observation supported this entry is more useful than why were you not confident. The former can be checked against the information set.
Recognize limits of expertise
Recognize the limits of your expertise and evidence. A peer review is not professional accreditation or a guarantee of strategy quality. Escalate specialist questions or mark them unresolved rather than inventing authoritative answers.
Worked example
A reviewer dislikes a losing trade but cannot identify a rule violation. The appropriate review asks whether the predefined process was followed, rather than treating the negative outcome as proof of incompetence.
Try it yourself
Write feedback that distinguishes the trade's outcome, the observed process and one unanswered evidence question.
Show the worked solution
State the loss factually, identify which rules were or were not evidenced, and ask for the missing timestamp, sizing calculation or other specific record. Avoid inferring a process failure solely from P&L.
Apply this to your course project
Produce a structured peer review and a targeted remediation plan.
Keep the calculation inputs, assumptions and decisions with your work. Practical exercises are self-reviewed; the scored knowledge checks assess the questions shown, not an independent certification of practical competence.