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A Qualitative Examination of the Attitudes of Liberal Studies Markers towards Onscreen Marking in Hong Kong
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Coniam, David – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
In Hong Kong, onscreen marking (OSM) is superseding paper-based marking (PBM) across the entire national examinations system. This paper describes a qualitative study of the attitudes of Liberal Studies markers towards OSM. This becomes a compulsory subject in Hong Kong's new senior secondary school curriculum to be first examined in 2012, with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Secondary School Curriculum, Grading
The Comparability of Marking on Screen and on Paper: The Case of Liberal Studies in Hong Kong
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Coniam, David – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2011
This article details an investigation into the onscreen marking (OSM) of Liberal Studies (LS) in Hong Kong--where paper-based marking (PBM) of public examinations is being phased out and wholly superseded by OSM. The study involved 14 markers who had previously rated Liberal Studies scripts on screen in the 2009 Hong Kong Advanced Level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology, Comparative Analysis
Experimenting with a Computer Essay-Scoring Program Based on ESL Student Writing Scripts
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Coniam, David – ReCALL, 2009
This paper describes a study of the computer essay-scoring program BETSY. While the use of computers in rating written scripts has been criticised in some quarters for lacking transparency or lack of fit with how human raters rate written scripts, a number of essay rating programs are available commercially, many of which claim to offer comparable…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Scoring, Foreign Countries, Interrater Reliability