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ERIC Number: EJ546846
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1881
The Influence of Contrast Effects upon Teachers' Marks.
Spear, Margaret
Educational Research, v39 n2 p229-33 Sum 1997
Teachers (n=336) evaluated three samples of written work of differing quality. The sequence of samples was rotated. Good work was assessed more favorably when it followed lower quality work than when it preceded it. Two samples preceding work of contrasting quality produced greater bias than a single sample. (SK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Essays, Evaluators, Grading, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Rater Effects