Teachers can be influenced by personality traits when awarding grades – study

Research indicated that students perceived to be agreeable or conscientious were more likely to be treated favourably when it came to the allocation of grades.

Teachers may tend to award higher grades to pupils with positive personality traits, new research has suggested.

Academics from Queen’s University in Belfast and Goldsmiths University of London were involved in the international project that found evidence that some teachers base grading decisions on more than actual academic ability.