The Right Amount of Pressure: Implementing Time Pressure in Online Exams

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  • Author(s): Stadler, Matthias (ORCID Stadler, Matthias (ORCID 0000-0001-8241-8723); Kolb, Nicola (ORCID Kolb, Nicola (ORCID 0000-0002-9180-8413); Sailer, Michael (ORCID Sailer, Michael (ORCID 0000-0001-6831-5429)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Distance Education. 2021 42(2):219-230.
  • Publication Date:
    2021
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      12
    • Education Level:
      Higher Education
      Postsecondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      COVID-19; Pandemics; School Closing; Online Courses; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Computer Assisted Testing; Cheating; Time; Science Tests; Student Attitudes; Student Behavior; Timed Tests; Foreign Countries; College Students; Scores; Time on Task
    • Subject Terms:
      Germany
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/01587919.2021.1911629
    • ISSN:
      0158-7919
    • Abstract:
      To slow the spread of COVID-19, many universities have had to move to online teaching, which entails changing exams from in-person to online. Online exams can facilitate cheating when there is no direct proctoring. To provide some form of control in unproctored exams, Cluskey et al. (2011) suggested having substantial time pressure; yet there are no clear recommendations on how to implement it. We conducted an experiment comparing three implementations of time pressure (individual allocation of time, equal time for each task, and time-based on task length) in a low-stakes educational sciences exam. Students differed in their answering strategies and objective performance but not in their evaluations of the different conditions. We suggest having equal time for each task to maximize students' performance with minimal opportunities to cheat.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2021
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1299009