The Effect of Implementation Peer Feedback of Essay Writing at Tertiary Level

Abstract

This study aimed to find out the effect of peer feedback towards students' writing performance in essay writing class. The participants of this study were 26 students in the third semester of Essay Writing Class at Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. There were 9 male and 17 female students. The study used descriptive design using mixed method analysis. The instruments to collect data using questionnaires, interview and documents of essay writing project. The data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The documents of essay writing project analyzed quantitatively using statistic descriptive. Furthermore, the data of questionnaires and interviews were analyzed qualitatively. The results of this study revealed that peer feedback improved students' writing performance, students can also write essay writing correctly and students become more careful in using grammar in their writing.