2021
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254422
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A quasi-experimental study of ethnic and gender bias in university grading

Abstract: This paper contributes to the debate on race- and gender-based discrimination in grading. We apply a quasi-experimental research design exploiting a shift from open grading in 2018 (examinee’s name clearly visible on written assignments), to blind grading in 2019 (only student ID number visible). The analysis thus informs name-based stereotyping and discrimination, where student ethnicity and gender are derived from their names on written assignments. The case is a quantitative methods exam at Roskilde Univers… Show more

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“…Gender impacts the rate of success. In educational research, there are few studies that examine the bias in teaching; most of them cover bias in relation to demographical variables such as gender, age and race (Bischoff, Ejrnaes, & Rubin, 2021;Boring, 2017;Malouff, 2008;Mengel, Sauermann, & Zölitz, 2019). This study introduces the course convener variable to examine whether students who enrol in the convener class achieve higher grades than the students in other classes.…”
Section: Literature Review and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Gender impacts the rate of success. In educational research, there are few studies that examine the bias in teaching; most of them cover bias in relation to demographical variables such as gender, age and race (Bischoff, Ejrnaes, & Rubin, 2021;Boring, 2017;Malouff, 2008;Mengel, Sauermann, & Zölitz, 2019). This study introduces the course convener variable to examine whether students who enrol in the convener class achieve higher grades than the students in other classes.…”
Section: Literature Review and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%