A Study of the Reliability of Tutor Marked Assignments at the Open University.

Edwards, Dee

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Publication Date: 1979-Dec

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A Study of the Reliability of Tutor Marked Assignments at the Open University.

Edwards, Dee

Assessment in Higher Education, v5 n1 p16-44 Dec 1979

A research project on the variability of tutor grading of student assignments at the Open University in Great Britain is reported. Factors in the variation that became apparent through discussion, questionnaires, and examination of papers are explained and areas for research are suggested. (MSE)

Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, Grading, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Open Universities, Reliability, Scoring, Student Evaluation

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