Comments on: How to mark exams http://www.cearta.ie/2007/05/how-to-mark-exams/ the Irish for rights Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cearta.ie » Student challenges to degree classification, and examiners’ academic freedom http://www.cearta.ie/2007/05/how-to-mark-exams/comment-page-1/#comment-14079 cearta.ie » Student challenges to degree classification, and examiners’ academic freedom Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:20:50 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/2007/05/how-to-mark-exams/#comment-14079 [...] will blog about it when it is handed down. Now, in the meantime, perhaps I had better reconsider my marking techniques! If you like this post, please click on this link to pass it on. Thanks! [...] [...] will blog about it when it is handed down. Now, in the meantime, perhaps I had better reconsider my marking techniques! If you like this post, please click on this link to pass it on. Thanks! [...]

]]> By: cearta.ie » The secrets of marking http://www.cearta.ie/2007/05/how-to-mark-exams/comment-page-1/#comment-13471 cearta.ie » The secrets of marking Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:13:16 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/2007/05/how-to-mark-exams/#comment-13471 [...] you liked this, have a look at my earlier posts on the same [...] [...] you liked this, have a look at my earlier posts on the same [...]

]]> By: cearta.ie » Who will examine the examiners? http://www.cearta.ie/2007/05/how-to-mark-exams/comment-page-1/#comment-10146 cearta.ie » Who will examine the examiners? Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:16:41 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/2007/05/how-to-mark-exams/#comment-10146 [...] if you’ve made it this far, let me recommend once again that you treat yourself to the classic guide to grading [...] [...] if you’ve made it this far, let me recommend once again that you treat yourself to the classic guide to grading [...]

]]> By: Eoin http://www.cearta.ie/2007/05/how-to-mark-exams/comment-page-1/#comment-3244 Eoin Tue, 15 May 2007 22:00:55 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/2007/05/how-to-mark-exams/#comment-3244 Rather more seriously, on the same blog, Dan Solove asks <a href="http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/should_we_get_r.html" rel="nofollow">Should We Get Rid of the Law School In-Class Essay Exam?</a>, Ethan Leib on PrawfsBlawg muses on <a href="http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2007/05/inclass_vs_take.html" rel="nofollow">In-Class vs Take-Home -- and Splitting the Difference</a>, whilst Doug Berman on Law School Innovation has begun <a href="http://lsi.typepad.com/lsi/2007/05/urging_exam_and.html" rel="nofollow">Urging exam (and paper) innovations</a>. Rather more seriously, on the same blog, Dan Solove asks Should We Get Rid of the Law School In-Class Essay Exam?, Ethan Leib on PrawfsBlawg muses on In-Class vs Take-Home — and Splitting the Difference, whilst Doug Berman on Law School Innovation has begun Urging exam (and paper) innovations.

]]> By: Eoin http://www.cearta.ie/2007/05/how-to-mark-exams/comment-page-1/#comment-3233 Eoin Sun, 13 May 2007 12:23:21 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/2007/05/how-to-mark-exams/#comment-3233 At the end of the <a href="http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/a_proposed_alte.html" rel="nofollow">post</a> linked above, Dan Solove commented: <blockquote><strong>DISCLAIMER FOR THE GULLIBLE</strong>: This post is a joke. I do not grade like this. Instead, I use an even more advanced method -- an eBay grade auctioning system.</blockquote> Now, on the same blog, Nate Oman <a href="http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/a_proposed_alte.html" rel="nofollow">develops the grade auction idea</a>, concluding: <blockquote>The real value of the auction system, however, is that it could transform the stack of exams on my desk from hours of discomfort into cold, hard cash. Who can be against that?</blockquote> At the end of the post linked above, Dan Solove commented:

DISCLAIMER FOR THE GULLIBLE: This post is a joke. I do not grade like this. Instead, I use an even more advanced method — an eBay grade auctioning system.

Now, on the same blog, Nate Oman develops the grade auction idea, concluding:

The real value of the auction system, however, is that it could transform the stack of exams on my desk from hours of discomfort into cold, hard cash. Who can be against that?

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