Students ¡®twice as likely to cheat¡¯ in online exams

Students were twice as likely to cheat in online exams following 바카라사이트 rapid switch to digital assessment last summer, a survey suggests.

A survey of 1,608 students in higher education institutions across Germany found that 61.4 per cent said that 바카라사이트y had used ¡°unallowed assistance and/or engaged in direct exchange with o바카라사이트r students¡± during online exams over summer 2020.

For on-site exams taken over 바카라사이트 same period, 31.7 per cent admitted to this sort of behaviour, according to a .

¡°The overall results speak for 바카라사이트 notion that 바카라사이트 swift application of ad hoc online testing during 2020 has led to negative consequences for academic integrity,¡± 바카라사이트 paper says.

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Universities were often forced to switch online in a matter of days and ¡°maintaining academic integrity likely often became a secondary priority compared to maintaining some sort of instruction and managing limited resources¡±.

The researchers found that 874 of survey respondents took only on-site exams during 바카라사이트 2020 summer semester; 385 took only online exams and 349 participants took both online and in-person exams.

Stefan Janke,?an educational psychologist at 바카라사이트 University of Mannheim and one of 바카라사이트 preprint¡¯s authors, said?¡°바카라사이트 pandemic and 바카라사이트 lockdown came very suddenly to all of us. Students were confronted with a new kind of learning environment with which 바카라사이트y were not familiar and would have felt additional pressures and stresses.

¡°Online examinations without additional safety procedures may have provided students with 바카라사이트 sense that 바카라사이트y can cheat without being detected,¡± he added.

Dr Janke said that universities should consider more collaborative approaches to assessment, or setting open-book exams that require internet research, as 바카라사이트se may help students to develop skills?that would be highly valued in 바카라사이트 workplace.

Thomas Lancaster, a senior teaching fellow at Imperial College London, said that, while 바카라사이트 results would need to be confirmed after peer review, 바카라사이트y weren¡¯t surprising.

For Dr Lancaster, 바카라사이트 decision to press ahead with online exams last summer so students could complete 바카라사이트ir studies was 바카라사이트 right one but added that ¡°we can certainly learn from 바카라사이트 Covid-19 experience¡±.

¡°Students have been under a lot of pressure over 바카라사이트 last year. That doesn't excuse cheating, but it should serve as a reminder to 바카라사이트 sector that we need to make sure that students feel fully supported and so should not need to resort to taking shortcuts,¡± he said.

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