Failing to fail: MUM effect and its implications in education
Open Access
- 29 December 2021
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Scholar
- Vol. 3 (2), 59-63
- https://doi.org/10.25259/aujmsr_40_2021
Abstract
It is important to carry out the assessment of students correctly and in an unbiased way; but more importantly, the assessment decisions should also be conveyed to the students in an unbiased manner, even if the decisions are negative ones. But here lies the catch – many a times, assessors tend to shy away from conveying such negative decisions properly to the students due to various reasons. This article is an effort to identify such reasons and their implications in the education scenario.Keywords
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