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Does your surname start with one of the last letters in the English alphabet? If it wasn't already bad enough having to wait your turn in roll calls, it turns out you could also be more likely to receive lower marks and negative feedback on assignments.
While this phenomenon is linked to alphabetization because of Canvas's default settings, the research reveals a clear underlying pattern: grading quality declines as graders proceed through assignments. But even outside of alphabetization, order mattered. The first ten assignments marked were usually given around 3.5 per 100 points more than those graded 50th to 60th.
"We kind of suspect that fatigue is one of the major factors that is driving this effect, because when you're working on something for a long period of time, you get tired and then you start to lose your attention and your cognitive abilities are dropping,"
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