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this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2024
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I think blind marking is important. I have literally heard people objecting to proposed grades with phrases like "but he's a bad student" or "but she's really bright."
Unless the assignment is a multiple choice quiz, you can’t really blind it because the thing being evaluated is output from that person.
A million tiny clues will indicate to your subconscious which student’s work you’re grading.
I can't imagine how, unless you only had 20 of them or something?
Back when I was a TA, I had an average of 120 students per semester and we didn't necessarily grade our own students' work (it was usually divided by topic).
So if I'm grading 120 assignments - or worse, 480 pieces of exam assessment- and only 25% of them are from students I regularly interact with, I don't think my subconscious has any idea 99% of the time.
Even with smaller classes... you're just seeing too many people with similar thoughts and styles over the course of a year for any of it to imprint on your mind that deeply. Occasionally it's going to be obvious, but I still think removing a level of bias through anonymizing is best practice.