The article explores how teachers may accept harsh grading from artificial intelligence while still distrusting AI overall, and how this affects the correction of errors in student evaluations.

This topic is of interest to psychology readers because it examines cognitive biases such as algorithm aversion and automation bias, and how perceptions of competence and intent influence real-world decision making in evaluative contexts.

Article Title: Teachers say they distrust AI but still accept its harsh grading mistakes, study finds

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/teachers-say-they-distrust-ai-but-still-accept-its-harsh-grading-mistakes-study-finds/

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Day 2 of #ASEE2026! First of two paper presentations today. I'll be sharing lessons learned from the Grainger Lab & Design CoP on ensuring consistency in grading for lab and design courses.

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60 Percent of Grades at Harvard Were A's. Enough Is Enough.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/opinion/harvard-easy-a-grades.html

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Harvard College will limit the number of students who can receive A grades

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/20/harvard-college-cap-a-grade-students

#Education #Universities #Grading

My mid-semester anti-AI ranting and raving seems to have worked! I’ve now marked two classes worth of final papers and only had one that smelled like robot feces. 🙂

Still planning to rework my process / policies around writing assignments over the summer.

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