Aleph: An indicator of decision-making patterns within collaborative marking sessions for writing assessment that can predict reliability

Nicolas Herrera, Jorge Villalon, Gonzalo Munoz, Gabriela Baez

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Abstract

Assessing writing is difficult due to language inherent subjectivity. Rubrics can help tackle this problem, although collaborative training sessions on their interpretation are required in order to reach consensus between markers and ensure minimum reliability levels. This article reports the construction of Aleph; an indicator built on raters' decision-making behavior in collaborative environments, which can explain agreement between markers. Evaluated within real training sessions of three markers for a high-stake written test, it showed excellent results on identifying markers' patterns and a good correlation with Fleiss' Kappa on agreement.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE 20th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2020
EditorsMaiga Chang, Demetrios G Sampson, Ronghuai Huang, Danial Hooshyar, Nian-Shing Chen, Kinshuk Kinshuk, Margus Pedaste
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages114-116
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781728160900
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2020
Event20th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2020 - Virtual, Online, Estonia
Duration: 6 Jul 20209 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE 20th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2020

Conference

Conference20th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2020
Country/TerritoryEstonia
CityVirtual, Online
Period6/07/209/07/20

Keywords

  • Collaborative marking
  • Inter-rater agreement
  • Rubric training

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