The influence of contrast effects upon teachers' marks

Educational Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-233

  Spear, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bias; Context effect; Essays; Marking; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041159086     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188970390209     Document Type: Article

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