Comparatively salient: examining the influence of preceding performances on assessors’ focus and interpretations in written assessment comments
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DOI: 10.1007/s10459-018-9841-2
Abstract: Recent literature places more emphasis on assessment comments rather than relying solely on scores. Both are variable, however, emanating from assessment judgements. One established source of variability is “contrast effects”: scores are shifted away from… read more here.
Keywords: preceding performances; salience performance; contrast effects; assessment comments ... See more keywords
‘Next steps are…’: An exploration of coaching and feedback language in EPA assessment comments
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DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2022.2098098
Abstract: Abstract Purpose Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) assessments are intended to facilitate meaningful, low-stakes coaching and feedback, partly through the provision of written comments. We sought to explore EPA assessment comments provided to internal medicine (IM)… read more here.
Keywords: epa assessment; assessment comments; language; feedback ... See more keywords
“Praise in Public; Criticize in Private”: Unwritable Assessment Comments and the Performance Information That Resists Being Written
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DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000005839
Abstract: Abstract Purpose Written assessment comments are needed to archive feedback and inform decisions. Regrettably, comments are often impoverished, leaving performance-relevant information undocumented. Research has focused on content and supervisor’s ability and motivation to write it… read more here.
Keywords: information; assessment comments; information resists; performance ... See more keywords