Effects of Remote Teaching in a Crisis on Equity Gaps and the Constructivist Learning an Environment in an Introductory Biology Course Series.
| Autor: | Zuckerman AL; Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093., Hardesty RA; National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850., Denaro K; Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697., Lo SM; Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093., Owens MT; Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of microbiology & biology education [J Microbiol Biol Educ] 2021 Mar 31; Vol. 22 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 31 (Print Publication: 2021). |
| DOI: | 10.1128/jmbe.v22i1.2293 |
| Abstrakt: | Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, higher education institutions had to pivot rapidly to online remote learning. Many educators were concerned that the disparate impact of this crisis would exacerbate inequities in learning outcomes and student learning experiences, especially for students from minoritized backgrounds. We examined course grades and student perceptions of their learning experiences in fall (face-to-face) and spring (fully remote) quarters in an introductory biology course series at a public research university. Contrary to our hypothesis, we found that student course grades increased overall during remote learning, and equity gaps in course grades were mitigated for minoritized students. We hypothesize that instructors may have changed their grading practices to compensate for challenges in remote learning in crisis. However, spring students reported significant decreases in the amount of peer negotiation and social support, critical components of active learning. These findings suggest that remote teaching in crisis may have negatively affected student learning environments in ways that may not have been captured by grading practices. (©2021 Author(s). Published by the American Society for Microbiology.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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