The Impact of COVID-19 on College Student Perceptions of Learning and Class Grades

Autor/in	West, Matthew
Titel	The Impact of COVID-19 on College Student Perceptions of Learning and Class Grades
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 46 (2022) 11, S.769-777 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (West, Matthew)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
DOI	10.1080/10668926.2022.2079024
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Student Attitudes; Grades (Scholastic); Barriers; Two Year College Students; African American Students; Urban Schools; Learning; Access to Computers; Internet; Educational Environment; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Textbooks; Attendance; Grade Point Average; Study Habits; Predictor Variables; Student Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Notenspiegel; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Lernen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Telekommunikationstechnik; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Anwesenheit; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Prädiktor
Abstract	Although community college students have historically been at the forefront in utilizing some distance education across their degrees due to their own employment, parenting, or transportation circumstances, COVID-19 forced all college instruction online for much of the 2020-2021 year in Alabama. Given the economically and technologically precarious situation for many community college students in the state, such a radical change in course delivery proved to be a challenge for many to cope with. This study examined such pandemic-related difficulties by studying how students perceived changes in their learning and grades as a result of this instructional shift. Students at an urban, medium-sized, predominantly black community college (PBCC) in Alabama (n = 204) were surveyed in the Fall 2020 semester to determine if they felt COVID-19 circumstances had caused their grades and/or learning to suffer. Results indicated students felt they had earned better or the same grades as before COVID when they had more access to a computer in general, a computer specifically with better capacity, wi-fi, a study place, a cell phone, and a textbook, as well as having attended class better. In particular, having a computer with sufficient capacity was over three times as important as other resources in determining better student perceptions of grades. Possessing an adequate computer was more important to perceived grades than student background characteristics, having a high grade point average, and even strong study habits. Due to changes in perceived learning, statistically significant predictors included age and class attendance. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01