Cover Image

A phenomenological study of online assessment during a pandemic crisis : Insights from Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain

Many countries, namely, Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain, shifted to online assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative case study, which involved 18 undergraduate students from the three countries, was conducted to probe insights into their online assessment experience. Data were interp...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Annamalai, Nagaletchimee, Ramírez García, Antonia, Mažeikienė, Viktorija, Alqaryouti, Marwan Harb, Radzuwan, Ab Rashid, Uthayakumaran, Arulselvi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Subjects:
L Education (General)
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37432/1/A%20phenomenological%20study%20of%20online%20assessment%20during%20a%20pandemic%20crisis_Insights%20from%20Malaysia%2C%20Lithuania%2C%20and%20Spain.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37432/
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.957896
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.957896
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.ump.umpir.37432
record_format eprints
spelling my.ump.umpir.374322023-08-22T07:13:14Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37432/ A phenomenological study of online assessment during a pandemic crisis : Insights from Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain Annamalai, Nagaletchimee Ramírez García, Antonia Mažeikienė, Viktorija Alqaryouti, Marwan Harb Radzuwan, Ab Rashid Uthayakumaran, Arulselvi L Education (General) PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Many countries, namely, Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain, shifted to online assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative case study, which involved 18 undergraduate students from the three countries, was conducted to probe insights into their online assessment experience. Data were interpreted from the perspective of the expectancy-value theory of motivation, which focuses on intrinsic attainment, utility, and cost values. The findings revealed that students were motivated to complete their assessment since they experienced flexibility besides having effective assessment guidelines. The positive experiences were related to intrinsic and attainment values; however, the students were also demotivated when stressed, indicating the high-cost value. Utility value was found to overlap with cost value in this study because students were dissatisfied with the online assessment and expressed less preference for this approach in future. This contributes to our understanding that educators must consider utility values when preparing online assessments. The pedagogical implications of this study revolve around the importance of a checklist, mock exams, alternative assessment (Plan B), and video demos for an effective assessment. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-15 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37432/1/A%20phenomenological%20study%20of%20online%20assessment%20during%20a%20pandemic%20crisis_Insights%20from%20Malaysia%2C%20Lithuania%2C%20and%20Spain.pdf Annamalai, Nagaletchimee and Ramírez García, Antonia and Mažeikienė, Viktorija and Alqaryouti, Marwan Harb and Radzuwan, Ab Rashid and Uthayakumaran, Arulselvi (2022) A phenomenological study of online assessment during a pandemic crisis : Insights from Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain. Frontiers in Psychology, 13 (957896). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1664-1078. (Published) https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.957896 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.957896
institution Universiti Malaysia Pahang
building UMP Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaysia Pahang
content_source UMP Institutional Repository
url_provider http://umpir.ump.edu.my/
language English
topic L Education (General)
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
spellingShingle L Education (General)
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Annamalai, Nagaletchimee
Ramírez García, Antonia
Mažeikienė, Viktorija
Alqaryouti, Marwan Harb
Radzuwan, Ab Rashid
Uthayakumaran, Arulselvi
A phenomenological study of online assessment during a pandemic crisis : Insights from Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain
description Many countries, namely, Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain, shifted to online assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative case study, which involved 18 undergraduate students from the three countries, was conducted to probe insights into their online assessment experience. Data were interpreted from the perspective of the expectancy-value theory of motivation, which focuses on intrinsic attainment, utility, and cost values. The findings revealed that students were motivated to complete their assessment since they experienced flexibility besides having effective assessment guidelines. The positive experiences were related to intrinsic and attainment values; however, the students were also demotivated when stressed, indicating the high-cost value. Utility value was found to overlap with cost value in this study because students were dissatisfied with the online assessment and expressed less preference for this approach in future. This contributes to our understanding that educators must consider utility values when preparing online assessments. The pedagogical implications of this study revolve around the importance of a checklist, mock exams, alternative assessment (Plan B), and video demos for an effective assessment.
format Article
author Annamalai, Nagaletchimee
Ramírez García, Antonia
Mažeikienė, Viktorija
Alqaryouti, Marwan Harb
Radzuwan, Ab Rashid
Uthayakumaran, Arulselvi
author_facet Annamalai, Nagaletchimee
Ramírez García, Antonia
Mažeikienė, Viktorija
Alqaryouti, Marwan Harb
Radzuwan, Ab Rashid
Uthayakumaran, Arulselvi
author_sort Annamalai, Nagaletchimee
title A phenomenological study of online assessment during a pandemic crisis : Insights from Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain
title_short A phenomenological study of online assessment during a pandemic crisis : Insights from Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain
title_full A phenomenological study of online assessment during a pandemic crisis : Insights from Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain
title_fullStr A phenomenological study of online assessment during a pandemic crisis : Insights from Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain
title_full_unstemmed A phenomenological study of online assessment during a pandemic crisis : Insights from Malaysia, Lithuania, and Spain
title_sort phenomenological study of online assessment during a pandemic crisis : insights from malaysia, lithuania, and spain
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2022
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37432/1/A%20phenomenological%20study%20of%20online%20assessment%20during%20a%20pandemic%20crisis_Insights%20from%20Malaysia%2C%20Lithuania%2C%20and%20Spain.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37432/
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.957896
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.957896
_version_ 1775622237147103232
score 13.22586

Similar Items