A large-scale examination of the effectiveness of anonymous marking in reducing group performance differences in higher education assessment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Hinton, Daniel P ^a,b   Higson, Helen ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STUDENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; DEFENSE MECHANISM; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 85027514115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182711     Document Type: Article

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