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Factors influencing student preference when comparing handwriting and typing for essay style examinations
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posted on 2023-05-18, 01:54 authored by Mogey, N, Fluck, AIt seems anachronistic that we expect students to handwrite essay examinations when almost all their other work is mediated by computer. Two universities, one in the UK and one in Australia, are exploring the use of computers in free text response examinations. This paper compares both the attitudes and the behaviours of their students concerning the use of computers in essay examinations, and contrasts the responses from the two cohorts. Most of the students have confidence in their typing skills and report typing as least as fast as they can handwrite. The analysis demonstrates that although students recognise that examination essays should have good structure and argument, when in the pressure of an examination, it is all too easy for them to be more concerned with the sheer amount of text they can write.
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Office for Learning & Teaching
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Publication title
British Journal of Educational TechnologyVolume
46Issue
4Pagination
793-802ISSN
1467-8535Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.Place of publication
United KingdomRights statement
Copyright 2014 British Educational Research AssociationRepository Status
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