Implementation of marker training exercises to improve marking reliability and consistency

Abstract

CONTEXT: One of the challenges present in teaching a large engineering subject is that of achieving marking consistency of assessments across multiple markers. Several measures of standardising markers exist, such as calibrated review, and are commonly used in the humanities, particularly for assessments that could be prone to a wide variation in marks such as essays. The application of such methods, in an engineering context, is somewhat less documented but of particular importance in the case of reflective writing. This study contrasts the implementation of several different methods of using marker training exercises prior to the actual assessment marking and provides an analysis of the re..