Student Anxiety in Digital and Traditional Assessment Settings in Higher Education

Abstract

This study investigates the comparative analysis of students’ anxiety with respect to digital and traditional assessment. The main objective of the study was to compare the analysis of students’ anxiety with respect to digital and traditional assessment. The main research question was to what extent there will be the difference in students’ anxiety with respect to digital and traditional assessment. The population of the study was the undergraduate students of all universities of District Sargodha. 300 male and female students from universities were selected by using multistage sampling technique. This study was quantitative in nature so, self-developed questionnaire was used to gather the data from the respondents. Descriptive statistics i.e. frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used in analyzing the data. In inferential statistics such as t-test was used to find out the conclusions. On the basis of findings, it is recommended that that institutions should maintain a balanced use of traditional and digital assessments, ensuring that both formats are student-friendly, fair, and aligned with learning outcomes to minimize anxiety differences between assessment type.