Years ago I witnessed a colleague do this so I asked why.
My friend explained that he only corrected one or two items at a time as he stood and walked back and forth among his students' papers. The advantage, he claimed, was grade consistency and speed. I have found both to be true.
I miss things every time I try to correct an entire page at a time. My mind wanders when looking for subtlety of answer so I have to go back often and pick up mistakes in my correcting. It's a lot better with this new method. I can also correct a few items and take a break every few minutes without worrying about grade inconsistency.
Now I use the same concept even when I don't have the state of Kansas on which to lay my papers. Shuffling papers I run through one or two items at a time. It's a ridiculous amount of shuffling but it gets the job done well.
My wandering mind requires this technique. Your steel trap may not but pass along the idea for those who need it.
BIG PROBLEM - we've just gone to a 1:1 iPad thing here. They expect us to go paperless so this won't work any more. That sucks.
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