Preventing halo bias in grading the work of university students

Cogent Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Malouff, John M ^a   Stein, Sarah J ^b   Bothma, Lodewicka N ^c   Coulter, Kimberley ^d   Emmerton, Ashley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; bias; grading; halo; marking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995968088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23311908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2014.988937     Document Type: Article

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