Moderator's Sheet

Disagreement between the examiner and the moderator may arise for many reasons, some of which it is impossible to do anything about. But there is one important difference between the examiner and the moderator, which frequently leads to dissent, and which can easily be remedied. The examiner knows the student and will be aware of how he/she has tackled the project. The moderator is unlikely to know anything about the context of the assignment and will have to award marks without any contextual information.

Some of this information is crucial to a fair assessment of the project.

Such criteria can only be implemented with the knowledge of the context in which the work was undertaken.

The examiner can thus provide the moderator with information about the way the work was carried out. One way of doing this is shown in the example.

The information is in the form of a rating scale so as to provide information quickly and in a form which is easy to interpret.

MODERATOR'S SHEET

Name of Student ……………………………

Examiner…………………………………….

Moderator……………………………………

	suggested received entirely to normal student's student assistance own
Choice of topic Theoretical contribution Contribution to experimental design Experimental technique Data analysis and statistical treatment of results Interpretation of results	1 1 1 1 1 1	2 2 2 2 2 2		3 3 3 3 3 3	4 4 4 4 4 4		5 5 5 5 5 5
	Poor normal good
7. Impression of student's grasp of topic	1	2		3	4		5
	Light normal heavy
8. Workload involved in the topic	1	2	3			4	5
Additional remarks from examiner. Suggested Mark ……………………..Signed………………………………………….

Adapted from: Gibbs, Graham; Habeshaw, Sue; Habeshaw, Trevor. (1986). 53 Interesting Ways to Assess your students. U.K. Technical and Educational Services Ltd.

Moderator's Sheet