Why Judges Need Digital Guidance, Not Just Experience Introduction: A Changing Landscape for Quran Competition Judges I have spent more...
The Assessment Trap: Overemphasising Memorisation, Ignoring Tarteel Introduction: A Familiar Dilemma For many years, I’ve found myself seated at high...
Why Real-Time Feedback Beats End-of-Day Results: Lessons from Years of Quran Competitions In the world of Quran competitions, whether local...
Assessing Beyond Word Accuracy: What Are We Missing? Introduction: The Limits of Checking for Mistakes In the world of Quran...
Is Your Judging Style Demotivating Contestants? When people speak of Quran competitions, they often imagine the stage lights, the anticipation...
The Problem With Binary Marking Systems Over the years, I have been privileged to serve in various capacities within the...
Assessing Qira’ah Without Bias: Is It Possible? Introduction: The Delicate Art of Judging Qira’ah For over fifteen years, my life...
What Makes a Good Quran Scoring Rubric? Lessons from the Field Having spent many years involved in Quran competitions —...
How Subjectivity Creeps Into Hifz Marking Introduction: The Human Face of a Noble Task After years of sitting on both...
The Pitfalls of Manual Scoring in Tajweed Competitions Over the years, I have had the privilege—and sometimes the headache—of being...
Why Quran Competitions Don’t Feel Fair — Even When They Are Across the decades that I have participated in Quran...
When Great Students Get Underscored: The Marking Problem Introduction: The Unexpected Outcome Across several years of involvement in Quran competitions...