{"id":6881,"date":"2018-04-02T10:08:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T16:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=6881"},"modified":"2018-04-02T10:08:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T16:08:04","slug":"is-contemporaneous-grading-more-consistent-than-grading-over-a-long-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/04\/02\/is-contemporaneous-grading-more-consistent-than-grading-over-a-long-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Contemporaneous Grading More Consistent than Grading over a Long Period?"},"content":{"rendered":"Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Are there any studies examining the notion that marking all of one assignment\/paper contemporaneously leads to more consistency?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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It strikes me as intuitively true, but I’d love to find citations to studies that have examined this.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So far, I’m turning up empty.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Is it possible that NO-ONE has studied this claim to see if it actually has merit?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I’m not saying it isn’t true; I am asking how we can be sure it *IS* true?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For my part, I can say from 1st hand personal experience that I DO NOT grade the first exam in the exactly the same way as I grade the 20th, no matter how much I may try to.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Since I gave up using hard deadlines in my classes, I get assignments submitted to me throughout the term. Also, since fast turn-around of feedback is very important in my classes, I mark within a few days of those submissions. I have found that, at least, for me, I do the best job of marking on the FIRST assignment when I am doing a bunch at the same time. I don’t like that that’s true, but it is. When I get things handed in at various times, and when I mark them as they come in, I end up effectively marking EVERYONE’s assignment as if it were the first one.
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Has anyone studied this?<\/div>\n<\/p>\n