Student anxiety under remote proctoring is mixed: some students report reduced anxiety from home comfort and no travel, while others face anxiety from connectivity issues and fear of wrongful accusations¶
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q2 i? Pre-registration nursing students held mixed perceptions of home-based remotely proctored exams, with reduced anxiety for some and increased anxiety from connectivity issues and fear of wrongful accusations for others. → Harerimana A 2026
Evidence¶
Harerimana A 2026¶
Harerimana A, Mtshali N, Mchunu G. (2026). Under surveillance: mapping remote proctoring practices in the assessment of nursing students— a scoping review. International Journal for Educational Integrity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-026-00229-7
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Review synthesis of Ford et al.'s (2023) UK mixed-methods realist evaluation (n = 87) reporting mixed perceptions among pre-registration nursing students, in which "while others faced anxiety from connectivity issues and fears of wrongful accusations of cheating"; no effect size is printed.
"while others faced anxiety from connectivity issues and fears of wrongful accusations of cheating."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Affect Regulation — outcome: instruction changes it
- Academic Anxiety — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Students taking online and proctored online exams report higher test anxiety than students taking on-campus exams and non-proctored online exams — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Large shares of students faced technology problems serious enough to impede course participation: 44 percent internet connectivity and 23 percent hardware/software issues — related
- Infrastructure inequities — chronic bandwidth limitations, power outages, and device incompatibility — severely disrupt proctored assessments and exacerbate educational disadvantages in low-resource settings — related
- Remote proctoring is perceived as an effective deterrent against cheating in nursing assessments, with 98–100% of graduate NP students agreeing webcam proctoring and lockdown browsers deterred cheating — related
- Remote proctoring supported assessment continuity and uninterrupted student progression during institutional closures — related
- Proctored online exams show no effect on students' perceived exam difficulty — related
- Lack of study space and financial issues are associated with higher test anxiety in online exams, and reliable technology with lower — related
- Familiarity with online and proctored exams, approximated by exam quartile, shows no effect on test anxiety — related
- Assessment design, perceived assessment value, self-confidence, and fear of wrongful plagiarism accusations were the most frequently cited reasons for students' GenAI adoption decisions — related
- In-person proctored nursing cohorts achieved significantly higher HESI scores and NCLEX readiness than remotely proctored (ProctorU) cohorts — related
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Student anxiety under remote proctoring is mixed: some students report reduced anxiety from home comfort and no travel, while others face anxiety from connectivity issues and fear of wrongful accusations |
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Student anxiety under remote proctoring is mixed: some students report reduced anxiety from home comfort and no travel, while others face anxiety from connectivity issues and fear of wrongful accusations |
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