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What does a good one look like? Marking A level English scripts in relation to others

Abstract:
This paper explores the use of representativeness as a guide to examining at English A level, through an analysis of two day long training days on two different modules,. Representativeness is a cognitive heuristic which guides decision-making by essentially asking ‘how much does this example look like it belongs to this class of things?’ A number of representative characteristics emerged during the training meetings including length, ‘adult’ writing and quality of written communication. The relation between representativeness and the mark scheme is also explored.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1111/eie.12133

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
St Hilda's College
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Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Journal:
English in Education More from this journal
Volume:
51
Issue:
1
Pages:
58–75
Publication date:
2017-01-01
Acceptance date:
2017-01-11
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EISSN:
1754-8845
ISSN:
0425-0494


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2017-01-12

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