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COVID-19 changed how faculty and instructors approach assessments. Fewer mid- and end of term examinations and more continuous assessment. Some moved from percentages and complex grading (F to A+) to pass/fail.
Feb 19, 2021 · At the point of writing this editorial, it remains to be seen how far the educational changes wrought by the pandemic – exponential growth in online teaching and, in some countries, the abandonment of some ‘high stakes’ examinations, for example – are short-term responses to the immediate situation, only for practices to revert to ...
- Liz Twist
- 2021
Nov 13, 2023 · In 2020 and 2021, higher education institutions globally had to modify curricula and pedagogy due to the COVID-19 pandemic (UNESCO, n.d.). This rapid shift became commonly known as ‘emergency remote teaching’ (Hodges et al., 2020).
Mar 17, 2022 · The findings of this study reveal that online examinations affect teachers and students differently: while teachers have mixed feelings about online exams, students are anxious about their grades and the technical hassle they experience in online exams.
Nov 10, 2022 · To see the horizon of educational assessment, a history of how assessment has been used and analysed from the earliest records, through the 20th century, and into contemporary times is deployed. Since paper-and-pencil assessments validity and integrity of candidate achievement has mattered.
Jan 28, 2021 · High-stakes final assessments – such as written examinations, undertaken en masse in timed, silent conditions – are impossible during a pandemic.
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Apr 6, 2021 · The move of assessments and final exams to a virtual form has arguably raised the most critical academic integrity issues among administrators, faculty and students.
