The fear of big brother: The potential negative side‐effects of proctored exams.
Background: Online and blended learning need an appropriate assessment strategy which ensures academic integrity. During the pandemic, many universities have chosen for online proctoring. Although some earlier examples suggest that online proctoring may reduce cheating, the potential side‐effects of...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 38; no. 6; pp. 1521 - 1535 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=160487801&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 160487801 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02664909 6M1 jtl: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning issn: 02664909 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec2022 vid: 38 iid: 6 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 160487801 155099277 160487801 160487801 10.1111/jcal.12651 160487801 ppf: 1521 ppct: 14 formats: tig: atl: The fear of big brother: The potential negative side‐effects of proctored exams. aug: au: Conijn, Rianne Kleingeld, Ad Matzat, Uwe Snijders, Chris affil: Human‐Technology Interaction group, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands sug: subj: Online Education Computerized Educational Testing Student Performance Appraisal Students Psychosocial Factors Malpractice Evaluation Test Anxiety Evaluation Human Male Female Netherlands Questionnaires Descriptive Statistics Regression Repeated Measures Academic Performance Learning Methods Computer Literacy Internet Access Student Attitudes Stress, Psychological Learning Environment Funding Source Male Female ab: Background: Online and blended learning need an appropriate assessment strategy which ensures academic integrity. During the pandemic, many universities have chosen for online proctoring. Although some earlier examples suggest that online proctoring may reduce cheating, the potential side‐effects of proctoring are largely unknown. Objectives: Therefore, this study aims to identify the effects of proctoring on students' self‐reported temptation to cheat and potentially undesirable side‐effects, including test anxiety, perceived exam difficulty, and performance. In addition, we examine which contextual and student characteristics affect test anxiety during online exams. Methods: For this, we collected four waves of survey data throughout a year of teaching during the pandemic at one faculty of a Dutch university, resulting in a total sample of 1760 students within 105 courses. Results and Conclusions: Multi‐level analyses showed that while proctoring had no effect on the temptation to cheat, exam difficulty or performance, students reported higher levels of test anxiety. Some learning strategies, internet literacy, access to a reliable technology and a dedicated study space as well as gender and financial stress affect their test anxiety. To conclude, the decision to use online proctoring needs to consider the undesirable side‐effect on test anxiety. We discuss practical implications for university administrators, educational designers and teachers to reduce test anxiety. Lay Description: What is already known about this topic: Proctoring is often used to ensure academic integrity in online exams.Some evidence shows that proctoring reduces cheating.Little is known about the potential negative side‐effects of proctoring. What this paper adds: The use of proctoring has no effect on the temptation to cheat.The use of proctoring results in increased test anxiety.Several student characteristics and contextual factors reduce text anxiety. Implications for practice: Consider potential negative side‐effects when choosing for proctoring.Time management and internet literacy training might reduce test anxiety.Simulating the exam environment might be used to reduce test anxiety. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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