At 18:27 26/11/1998 GMT, J.S.M.Whitaker wrote:
>
>I think that there is another commonly quoted rationale for this
>process (and it is the one for which I have read some academic
>research).
>
>This is in the context of "unconscious" bias where the marker is
>biased in respect of one sub-group of the students without deliberate
>volition. The example I recall from a article referred to research
>indicating that female students were awarded significantly lower
>marks when their identities (and hence, presumably, gender) were
>known to the marker.
I think this might be 'Marking by Numbers' by Catherine Belsey, in AUT
Woman No. 15 (1988)
Also, check out 'Sex bias evaluations at college and work' by Clare Bradley
in 'The Psychologist', No. 6, pages 152-154
Dave Boyle
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