No difference between students handwritten or typed exam submissions

Institution; University of Edinburgh Course; Christian Theology Student numbers; 70

Issue; Exam essay questions are handwritten by students. Should students have a choice of handwritten or typed submissions, is there a difference?

Method; mock examination students chose the method of delivery. Once completed, all typed submissions were converted into handwritten and all handwritten into typed. These were then marked to see if there was a difference. Conclusion; very small difference in marks between the 2 modes, much larger difference between markers, marking the same paper. Reference Mogey et al (2010) typing compared with handwritting for essay examinations at university; letting the students choose, alt-j, vol 18, no 1, 29-47

Notes
Made use of 'exam4' a locked down writing tool on usb stick.

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