Sunday, March 21, 2021

In era of online learning, new testing method aims to reduce cheating - Troy Record

The era of widespread remote learning brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic requires online testing methods that effectively prevent cheating, especially in the form of collusion among students. With concerns about cheating on the rise across the country, a solution that also maintains student privacy is particularly valuable. In research published recently in npj Science of Learning, engineers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonstrate how a testing strategy they call “distanced online testing” can effectively reduce students’ ability to receive help from one another in order to score higher on a test taken at individual homes during social distancing.

https://www.troyrecord.com/news/in-era-of-online-learning-new-testing-method-aims-to-reduce-cheating/article_94792548-7aa4-11eb-9f70-7fe56de40ffb.html