Use of a cassette tape to transmit teacher evaluations of student writing effort was analyzed. Students preferred the cassette tape to written evaluations Nearly all felt that the method was a highly personalized way of evaluation. Furthermore, cassette grading provided easier identification as to what was good or weak in the writing.
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