Research conducted at the University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development Center.
Yang, J., Schunn, C.D. (2026). "Beyond small gains: how content-focused high-specificity peer feedback correlates with substantial provider benefits." Instructional Science, 54, 59.
Mu, H., Schunn, C.D. (2025). "The good, bad, and ugly of comment prompts: Effects on length and helpfulness of peer feedback." International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 22, 4.
Xiong, Y., Schunn, C. D., Wu, Y. (In press). "What predicts variation in reliability and validity of online peer assessment?: A large-scale cross-context study." Journal of Computer Assisted Learning.
Yu, Qiuchen, Schunn, Christian D. (2023). "Understanding the What and When of Peer Feedback Benefits for Performance and Transfer." Computers in Human Behavior, 147, 107857.
Wu, Y., Schunn, C. D. (2022). "Assessor writing performance on peer feedback: Exploring the relation between assessor writing performance, problem identification accuracy, and helpfulness of peer feedback." Journal of Educational Psychology.
Zong, Zheng, Schunn, Christian, Wang, Yanqing (2021). "What aspects of online peer feedback robustly predict growth in students' task performance?" Computers in Human Behavior, 124, 106924.
Wu, Yong, Schunn, Christian (2020). "When peers agree, do students listen? The central role of feedback quality and frequency in determining uptake of feedback." Contemporary Educational Psychology, 101897.
Wu, Yong, Schunn, Christian (2020). "The Effects of Providing and Receiving Peer Feedback on Writing Performance and Learning of Secondary School Students." American Educational Research Journal.
Patchan, M. M., Schunn, C.D., Clark, R. (2017). "Accountability in peer assessment: examining the effects of reviewing grades on peer ratings and peer feedback." Studies in Higher Education, 43(12), 2263–2278.
Godley, A. J., DiMartino, S., Loretto, A. (2016). "Secondary Students' Perceptions of Peer Review in Writing." Research in the Teaching of English, 51(2).
Schunn, C. D., Godley, A. J., DiMartino, S. (2016). "The reliability and validity of peer review of writing in high school AP English classes." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.
Patchan, M. M. (2011). "Peer review of writing: Learning from revision using peer feedback and reviewing peers' texts." Doctoral dissertation, Cognitive Psychology, University of Pittsburgh.
Patchan, M. M., Schunn, C.D., Russell, R. (2011). "Writing in natural sciences: Understanding the effects of different types of reviewers on the writing process." Journal of Writing Research, 2(3), 365–393.
Nelson, M. M., Schunn, C. D. (2009). "The nature of feedback: How different types of peer feedback affect writing performance." Instructional Science, 27(4), 375–401.
Patchan, M. M., Charney, D., Schunn, C. D. (2009). "A validation study of students' end comments: Comparing comments by students, a writing instructor, and a content instructor." Journal of Writing Research, 1(2), 124–152.
Wooley, R., Was, C., Schunn, C.D., Dalton, D.W. (2008). "The Effects of Feedback Elaboration on the Giver of Feedback." Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Cho, K., Chung, T. R., King, W. R., Schunn, C. D. (2008). "Peer-based computer-supported knowledge refinement: An empirical investigation." Communications of the ACM, 51(3), 83–88.
Cho, K., Schunn, C. D. (2007). "Scaffolded writing and rewriting in the discipline: A web-based reciprocal peer review system." Computers and Education, 48(3), 409–426.
Cho, K., Schunn, C. D., Charney, D. (2006). "Commenting on writing: Typology and perceived helpfulness of comments from novice peer reviewers and subject matter experts." Written Communication, 23(3), 260–294.
Cho, K., Schunn, C. D., Wilson, R. (2006). "Validity and reliability of scaffolded peer assessment of writing from instructor and student perspectives." Journal of Educational Psychology, 98(4), 891–901.
