Perceptions and Challenges of Remote Assessment: A Scoping Review on Research Methodology

Abstract

Due to Pandemic Covid-19, there has been a major shift in the education system where schools are moving from physical learning to online learning. This has significantly affected the process of examining and assessing students on their learning.  Thus, the purpose of this scoping overview is to provide empirical evidence on the perception of educational stakeholders on remote assessment and the challenges they face to conduct remote assessment.  A total of 50 papers were evaluated in detail, with the following findings: (1) The selected remote assessment studies have a fair distribution of the design they chose to examine the perception on the usage of remote assessment and the challenges they face; (2) Most of the remote assessment studies focus on tertiary level students learning in universities. Collectively, these findings reflect the heterogeneous nature of this area and imply that remote assessment is often feasible. This review also identified a number of interesting but under-researched areas, as well as discussions on their implications for future research. Intervention experimental research design is suggested to be employed for future research as the design is less implemented, revealed from this study findings. Furthermore, it is also suggested that future studies could focus on investigating younger learners’ (primary and secondary school students) perceptions of remote assessment.

Keywords: remote assessment; online assessment; e-assessment; Covid-19