Assessor efficiency and effectiveness using marking and feedback support systems

Pressures on Higher Education institutions include the need to improve marking and feedback support systems for students while carefully managing costs. Many approaches have been suggested, including the improved use of technology to reduce workload and help provide richer feedback to students. In t...

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Main Author: Wood, Lincoln
Other Authors: Piet Kommers
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IADIS Press 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40597
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description Pressures on Higher Education institutions include the need to improve marking and feedback support systems for students while carefully managing costs. Many approaches have been suggested, including the improved use of technology to reduce workload and help provide richer feedback to students. In this research two marking and feedback support systems (MFSSs) are evaluated in an educational experiment. Each assignment was assessed by two markers, using two MFSSs (comparing Spreadsheets and the tsAAM software tool); where half the assignments were marked withone MFSS and the other half with the other MFSS. This enables comparisons of outcomes using different MFSSs while not disadvantaging any student. Neither of the MFSSs enabled faster marking and feedback provision; however. the tsAAM tool allowed the markers to provide significantly more feedback to the students in the same amount of time.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-405972023-02-07T08:01:21Z Assessor efficiency and effectiveness using marking and feedback support systems Wood, Lincoln Piet Kommers Tomayess Issa Pedro Isaias feedback marking and feedback support system (MFSS) assessment productivity evaluation Pressures on Higher Education institutions include the need to improve marking and feedback support systems for students while carefully managing costs. Many approaches have been suggested, including the improved use of technology to reduce workload and help provide richer feedback to students. In this research two marking and feedback support systems (MFSSs) are evaluated in an educational experiment. Each assignment was assessed by two markers, using two MFSSs (comparing Spreadsheets and the tsAAM software tool); where half the assignments were marked withone MFSS and the other half with the other MFSS. This enables comparisons of outcomes using different MFSSs while not disadvantaging any student. Neither of the MFSSs enabled faster marking and feedback provision; however. the tsAAM tool allowed the markers to provide significantly more feedback to the students in the same amount of time. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40597 IADIS Press restricted
spellingShingle feedback
marking and feedback support system (MFSS)
assessment
productivity
evaluation
Wood, Lincoln
Assessor efficiency and effectiveness using marking and feedback support systems
title Assessor efficiency and effectiveness using marking and feedback support systems
title_full Assessor efficiency and effectiveness using marking and feedback support systems
title_fullStr Assessor efficiency and effectiveness using marking and feedback support systems
title_full_unstemmed Assessor efficiency and effectiveness using marking and feedback support systems
title_short Assessor efficiency and effectiveness using marking and feedback support systems
title_sort assessor efficiency and effectiveness using marking and feedback support systems
topic feedback
marking and feedback support system (MFSS)
assessment
productivity
evaluation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40597