ONLINE TEST ANXIETY AND EXAM PERFORMANCE OF INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME STUDENTS UNDER E-PROCTORED EXAMS AMID COVID-19

Outbreak of COVID-19, online examination, and e-proctoring have caused more exam anxiety and affected exam performance among students’ studying in International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP). Therefore, the present research aimed to find effect of online test anxiety on academic performa...

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Published in:PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY 2021-01, Vol.79 (6), p.942-955
Main Authors: Prakasha, G S, Hemalathaa, K Y, Tamizh, Ponni, Bhavna, Bhola, Kenneth, Anthony
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Advanced Placement Programs
Anxiety
Computer Assisted Testing
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Education
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Pandemics
Pedagogy
School education
Scores
Secondary School Students
STEM Education
Students
Supervision
Test Anxiety
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Summary:Outbreak of COVID-19, online examination, and e-proctoring have caused more exam anxiety and affected exam performance among students’ studying in International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP). Therefore, the present research aimed to find effect of online test anxiety on academic performance of IBDP students in the subjects related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Study employed quantitative descriptive survey research design and administered survey questionnaire to 200 IB DP students who took online test during COVID-19 through convenient sampling technique. Sample included both first and final year DP students with due representation to boys and girls. Results of the study revealed a moderate negative correlation between online test anxiety and academic performance of IBDP students in STEM subjects. Regression analysis explained 14.1% variation in the STEM subject performance because of online exam anxiety under e-proctored condition. There exists a statistically significant difference between first and final year students’ online exam anxiety and STEM subject average grades. Future research may focus on conducting comfortable online examination methods with no additional exam anxieties.
ISSN:1822-7864
2538-7111
DOI:10.33225/pec/21.79.942