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Title:
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GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES TOWARDS
OBOW EXAMS: THE CASE OF A DEVELOPING COUNTRY |
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Author(s):
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Mary Ann B. El Rassi |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-17-7 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Pedro Isaias |
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Year:
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2020 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Open Book Open Web Exams, Academic Performance, Electronic Learning, Developing Countries |
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Type:
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Full |
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First Page:
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55 |
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Last Page:
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62 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Despite the increased research interest on the implementation of Open Book Open Web exams in developed countries,
there has been very little systematic studies that investigated the difference in gender experience and the cognitive process
that could affect attitude towards OBOW exams compared to the traditional ones in developing countries. This paper aims
at filling this gap in knowledge by comparing OBOW and traditional exam methods. Several exams in two different
contextual settings were done and in three different high schools. The exams were divided into two phases, midterms and
finals and several methods were adopted. The sample included 307 students in addition to three focus groups that helped
us to identify important factors. Factors such as gender, emotional tension/anxiety, technology self-efficiency, perceived
ease of use were important cues that predicted academic performance. At the end of this research paper, we propose a
preliminary model that could be detested further with a larger sample. |
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