It must also be noted that Gem has marked schedule dependency in terms of its toxicity profile and maximal tolerated dose: whether given alone or in combination with radiotherapy (Martin et al, 1996).
Experienced markers used a mixture of gut feelings and reference to the marking schedule to confirm their decision.
But the ones in the middle I find more difficult to judge because of the marking schedule, it's only out of 20 and there were lots of different sections so you've only got one or two marks per section....you know, judging between say, giving them 2 or 3 marks actually at the end can make a fairly big difference on their overall mark.
The example used here is an assessment involving the marking of a Primary Care case based essay, an assignment where stringent attempts have previously been made to ensure standardisation of instructions to students and markers and the provision of a detailed marking schedule (see [ 3] for details of the marking schedule).
GP8: The marking schedule reduces the spread of grades that you give....but then we use our gut feeling to make the spread a bit better.
(new marker) The interviews resulted in suggestions for improvement: one of the markers, when considering the tight grading of the marking schedule, suggested that it could be widened by marking a case study out of 100 rather than 20 points, and indeed later produced her suggested schedule for the other markers to consider.
It is taken into account in this reported assessment by inclusion of writing style as part of the marking schedule [ 3].
The assessments are marked by one of sixteen General Practice (GP) tutors, who have participated in regular workshops to discuss their teaching and the development of the marking schedule with senior academic support.
By November, the last developer units were sold, 18 months ahead of the new marking schedule, with sales dominated by Latin Americans.
Strategies that could be used include providing a range of worked examples from previous years, training in the use of a standardised marking schedule, and 'shadow marking' with an experienced peer marker.
