What does a good one look like? Marking A level English scripts in relation to others
This paper explores the use of representativeness as a guide to examining at English A level, through an analysis of two day long training days on two different modules,. Representativeness is a cognitive heuristic which guides decision-making by essentially asking ‘how much does this example look l...
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
2017
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| Summary: | This paper explores the use of representativeness as a guide to examining at English A level, through an analysis of two day long training days on two different modules,. Representativeness is a cognitive heuristic which guides decision-making by essentially asking ‘how much does this example look like it belongs to this class of things?’ A number of representative characteristics emerged during the training meetings including length, ‘adult’ writing and quality of written communication. The relation between representativeness and the mark scheme is also explored. |
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