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Table 4 Themes from Student Qualitative Data

From: Assessment in ‘survival mode’: student and faculty perceptions of online assessment practices in HE during Covid-19 pandemic

#

Statement/Question

Theme(s)

# of Mentions

Q4

Change in assessment practices in skill-based/applied or interactional subjects

No change/no such subjects

7

Nature of the change

6

Q8

Best solution to assessment during the crisis

Grades/GPA

27

Teacher-related (help/leniency)

7

Exams

6

MoE’s decisions

5

Q12

Reasons for cheating (or not cheating)

Religion (no cheating)

7

Exam time limit

6

Difficulty of cheating online

5

Type/features of exam

4

Combination of reasons

2

Stress & anxiety

1

Ease of tests

1

Ability to cheat

1

Teacher complacency

1

Necessity/self-preservation

1

Q14

Most common method of cheating among students

Combination of methods

4

Reference to textbook

3

WhatsApp and internet

3

Q15

Overall online learning experience during the crisis

Negative (faculty/anxiety/cheating & inequality/grades/connection problems/no well-being considerations/unclarity & confusion/communication)

7

Positive (could be developed into something permanent/no need for physical attendance/ease of attending lectures)

5

Both positive & negative aspects (especially negative for Preparatory Year Program students)

4