As graders go on grading, their comments become more frustrated and their good-will becomes much sloppier. At least that’s the hypothesis to explain this. Researchers found the reverse effect on graders who sorted in reverse-alphabetical order.

  • @bcoffy
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    7 months ago

    I’m a graduate student who does a lot of grading. Canvas gives me an option to: 1. Hide students’ names while grading and 2. sort in order of submission instead of alphabetical order, so I make sure to use both of those options to reduce any biases like that.

      • @bcoffy
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        717 months ago

        I only get two options: Alphabetical order and submission order. If I had random I would use it.

        • @kurwa
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          107 months ago

          Do you think order of submission has any bias towards it?

          • @Frozengyro
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            267 months ago

            Yes, you assume the early submitters are on top of it and do better work.

            • @Buddahriffic
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              207 months ago

              And, even as one who rarely submitted assignments early, IMO it’s fair to give the early submissions the advantage of marking fatigue bias. Kinda like a time bonus.