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A triage theory of grading: The good, the bad, and the middling

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Abstract

This essay presents and defends a triage theory of grading: An item to be graded should get full credit if and only if it is clearly or substantially correct, minimal credit if and only if it is clearly or substantially incorrect, and partial credit if and only if it is neither of the above; no other (intermediate) grades should be given. Details on how to implement this are provided, and further issues in the philosophy of grading (reasons for and against grading, grading on a curve, and the subjectivity of grading) are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)347-372
Number of pages26
JournalTeaching Philosophy
Volume34
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

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