Proctored online exams show no effect on students' exam performance¶
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q2 i? No fixed effects of online or proctored exams on exam grade were found once student and course effects were accounted for. → Conijn 2022
Evidence¶
Conijn 2022¶
Conijn, R., Kleingeld, A., Matzat, U., & Snijders, C. (2022). The fear of big brother: The potential negative side-effects of proctored exams. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 38(6), 1521-1534. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12651
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Crossed-random-intercepts multi-level model of final exam grades (available for 709 grades in a subset of 22 courses; 34% of variance at student level, 16% at course level). The study reports "no fixed effects were found for online ( p = 0.89) and proctoring ( p = 0.39)"; hypothesis 1.3 was not supported.
"While accounting for the course and student effects, no fixed effects were found for online ( p = 0.89) and proctoring ( p = 0.39)."
Discussion¶
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Proctored online exams show no effect on students' exam performance |
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Proctored online exams show no effect on students' exam performance |
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