“Everyone has a voice”: Developing an Evidence-Based Framework for Consensus Moderation in Higher Education

Assessment requires academics to make judgements about student work. As there is variability in mark allocation, moderation is required to ensure fairness and consistency in assessment practices. Consensus moderation is one model of moderation, where collaboration and discussion take place between m...

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Main Author: Mason, Jacqueline
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2022
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88662
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description Assessment requires academics to make judgements about student work. As there is variability in mark allocation, moderation is required to ensure fairness and consistency in assessment practices. Consensus moderation is one model of moderation, where collaboration and discussion take place between markers to reach an agreement on mark allocation. Through a sequential exploratory qualitative four-phase multiple methods design, this body of research developed an evidence-based framework for consensus moderation in higher education.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-886622022-05-31T08:05:48Z “Everyone has a voice”: Developing an Evidence-Based Framework for Consensus Moderation in Higher Education Mason, Jacqueline Assessment requires academics to make judgements about student work. As there is variability in mark allocation, moderation is required to ensure fairness and consistency in assessment practices. Consensus moderation is one model of moderation, where collaboration and discussion take place between markers to reach an agreement on mark allocation. Through a sequential exploratory qualitative four-phase multiple methods design, this body of research developed an evidence-based framework for consensus moderation in higher education. 2022 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88662 Curtin University fulltext
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title “Everyone has a voice”: Developing an Evidence-Based Framework for Consensus Moderation in Higher Education
title_full “Everyone has a voice”: Developing an Evidence-Based Framework for Consensus Moderation in Higher Education
title_fullStr “Everyone has a voice”: Developing an Evidence-Based Framework for Consensus Moderation in Higher Education
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title_short “Everyone has a voice”: Developing an Evidence-Based Framework for Consensus Moderation in Higher Education
title_sort “everyone has a voice”: developing an evidence-based framework for consensus moderation in higher education
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88662