Abstract
Introduction:
Human judgement is the method for ensuring valid assessment in certain areas but it is subject to judgement biases. Biases are not prejudices, instead, they are misrepresentations in the assessor’s mind of what occurred during the assessment exercise. Any bias might impact on an assessor’s judgement of a student and shift grades up or down which implies that biases are bad and we should try to train assessors to avoid them; but should we and can we? Biases seem to enable a reduction of cognitive load and may therefore be useful in making judgements, especially in the real-world, complex environment of practice-based assessment. The purpose of this study is to better understand the value of our perspective on biases in assessment.
Human judgement is the method for ensuring valid assessment in certain areas but it is subject to judgement biases. Biases are not prejudices, instead, they are misrepresentations in the assessor’s mind of what occurred during the assessment exercise. Any bias might impact on an assessor’s judgement of a student and shift grades up or down which implies that biases are bad and we should try to train assessors to avoid them; but should we and can we? Biases seem to enable a reduction of cognitive load and may therefore be useful in making judgements, especially in the real-world, complex environment of practice-based assessment. The purpose of this study is to better understand the value of our perspective on biases in assessment.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 18-18 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Event | Ottawa and ANZAHPE (Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators) Conference 2016: Assessment in Medicine and the healthcare professions - Perth Convention and exhibition Centre, Perth, Australia Duration: 19 Mar 2016 → 23 Mar 2016 https://www.anzahpe.org/Past-Conferences (List of past conferences, including 2016) https://www.anzahpe.org/resources/Documents/Conference/Past%20Conference%20documentation/Ottawa%20Abstracts%202016.pdf (2016 Book of Abstracts) |
Conference
| Conference | Ottawa and ANZAHPE (Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators) Conference 2016 |
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| Abbreviated title | Ottawa 2016/ANZAHPE 2016 |
| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Perth |
| Period | 19/03/16 → 23/03/16 |
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Keywords
- conference abstract
- conference presentation
- Ottawa conference
- Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE)
- Human judgement
- judgement biases
- practice-based assessment
- biases in assessment.
- perspectives on biases in assessment.