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Despite giving students chances to cheat, unsupervised online exams gauge student learning comparably to in-person exams

  • Written by Jason C.K. Chan, Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
Despite giving students chances to cheat, unsupervised online exams gauge student learning comparably to in-person examsResearch shows that unsupervised online exams can accurately assess student learning.Geber86/iStock via Getty Images

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Students don’t have to be supervised during online exams. That’s because unsupervised online exams can accurately assess student learning,...

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