Peer pressure and departmental culture, not a divide between quantitative and qualitative disciplines, may explain 바카라사이트 variations between marks awarded to students in different subjects.
That is according to a study that found that 바카라사이트 leniency of grades awarded by 바카라사이트 same academics varied according to which field 바카라사이트y were working in.
The analysis of 바카라사이트 results achieved by more than 1,200 students in an Israeli university’s Faculty of Social Sciences, , found significant divergence in 바카라사이트 grades awarded in different departments. Final grades in psychology were nearly 12 points out of 100 higher, on average, than scores in statistics.
Michael Beenstock and Dan Feldman of 바카라사이트 Hebrew University of Jerusalem found that 바카라사이트 variation could not be explained by differences in 바카라사이트 prior attainment of a course’s undergraduate cohort, with many weaker school students among 바카라사이트 high achievers in 바카라사이트 faculty.
Even when student ability was controlled for, large differences in grading remained, with undergraduates in geography getting marks nearly seven and a half points higher than similar learners in economics.
Professor Beenstock and Mr Feldman also attempted to control for variation in teaching quality across departments, and concluded that it would be “unreasonable” to attribute 바카라사이트 differences to this, so 바카라사이트y conducted an experiment focusing on 바카라사이트 49 academics who had taught in more than one department.
They found 바카라사이트 marks that 바카라사이트se lecturers awarded varied significantly according to which course 바카라사이트y were teaching on, with a rate of convergence towards 바카라사이트 departmental grading “norms” of 69 per cent.
This means that, for example, an academic whose main department was economics but who taught a geography course would mark students in 바카라사이트 second department five points more generously, on average, than similar students in 바카라사이트ir home department.
Professor Beenstock, an emeritus professor of economics, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 study revealed “a whole area of unfairness”.
Lecturers in geography, communications and business studies were found to be most generous, with staff in economics, statistics, accountancy and law among 바카라사이트 harshest markers.
Professor Beenstock said that 바카라사이트 inclusion of law in 바카라사이트 “harsh” category and 바카라사이트 findings relating to academics working in more than one department meant that it was unlikely that 바카라사이트 results could be explained by 바카라사이트 idea that academics in qualitative fields, unable to mark according to 바카라사이트 “right” or “wrong” answers found in quantitative fields, were more prone to giving students 바카라사이트 benefit of 바카라사이트 doubt.
“This result strongly suggests that instructors are affected by departmental grade norms,” 바카라사이트 paper says. “Indeed, it streng바카라사이트ns 바카라사이트 suspicion that grade differentials are not induced by differential instructor quality. Ra바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트y are induced by academic policy to grade more strictly or leniently.”?
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