SWoRD(Scaffolded Writing and Rewriting in the Discipline) is a web-based reciprocal peer review system, supporting writing practice, particularly for large content courses in which writing is considered critical but not feasibly included.

To help students gain content knowledge as well as writing and reviewing skills, SWoRD supports the whole cycle of writing, reviews, back-reviews, and rewriting by scaffolding the journal publication process as its authentic practice model.

In addition, SWoRD includes algorithms that compute individual reviewer¡¯s review accuracy, which is in turn used to support the various drawbacks of reciprocal peer reviews (e.g., variation in motivation or ability of reviewers).

Unlike a few other peer review systems, SWoRD has been strongly shaped from rigourous research findings. Empirical evaluations show that the SWoRD approach is effective in improving writing.

SWoRD is free to use for educational purpose in the U.S.