TY - JOUR
T1 - Methodology for the Analysis of Instructors’ Grading Discrepancies in a Laboratory Course
JF - International Journal of Engineering Education
Y1 - 2006
A1 - Juan Manuel Montero
A1 - San Segundo, Ruben
A1 - Javier Macias-Guarasa
A1 - Ricardo Cordoba
A1 - Javier Ferreiros
KW - automatic analysis of grades
KW - biases in assessment
KW - grading discrepancies
KW - massive laboratories
KW - project-based learning
KW - software quality analysis
AB -
This paper introduces a new methodology to analyze grading discrepancies in PBL software-engineering courses with a high student-to-faculty ratio. The methodology is based on a quantitative analysis of the more relevant software features according to the grades assigned by each instructor. In order to reduce the discrepancies detected, a new grading consensus has to be built, and automatic analysis tools must assist the instructors when grading. The evaluation of the methodology in two academic years revealed a 62% reduction of the grading discrepancies, achieving an average inter-instructor discrepancy of 0.10 in a scale from 0 to 1.
PB - TEMPUS Publications, Dublin Institute of Technology
CY - Irlanda
VL - 22
IS - 5, part II
ER -