Abstract:Assessing large populations of students puts a serious burden on teaching staff capacity. For open-format assignments, automation of the reviewing process can offer only limited support. Peer ranking is a partial solution to the problem, with the added benefit that students' critical reading skills are developed. We see two remaining problems, however: (1) for students, it is a major challenge to assign marks on an absolute scale, and (2) students' competence in reviewing may vary significantly-so not all peer… Show more
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