Student exam performance in different proctored environments: Evidence from an online economics course

Rattaphon Wuthisatian

International Review of Economics Education, 2020, vol. 35, issue C

Abstract: While proctored exams have been adopted widely to ensure the academic integrity of online education among colleges and universities, the impact of different proctored environments on student exam performance in online economics courses remains largely unknown. This study aims to shed light on this unexplored area of research. Specifically, the study collects data from an online graduate-level course in economics, in which a proctored final exam is required, and then empirically examines the difference in exam performance between students who take the final exam using remote online proctoring services and students who take the final exam using traditional on-site proctoring services. The findings suggest a significant difference between the two proctored environments, in which the average score for the final exam proctored onsite at testing centers is higher than the average score for the final exam administered through the remote online proctoring services. For economic education specialists, the study provides meaningful implications regarding the potential effects of different proctoring methods on student exam performance, as well as an essential starting point for further investigation on the development of appropriate test proctoring procedures to ensure consistency and standardization across online economics courses.

Keywords: Proctored exams; Online economics course; Online MBA; Remote online proctoring; On-site proctoring; Student exam performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A20 A23 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iree.2020.100196

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