COVID-19 Emergency Remote Teaching Opinions and Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students: Analysis of 4 Students’ Profiles. A Case Study

Gádor Indra Hidalgo, Fermín Sánchez-Carracedo and Daniel Romero-Portillo
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Gádor Indra Hidalgo: Chemical Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Av. Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Fermín Sánchez-Carracedo: University Research Institute for Sustainability Science and Technology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord, c/Jordi Girona 31, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Daniel Romero-Portillo: Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Ctra. Utrera, km. 1., 41013 Sevilla, Spain

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 17, 1-20

Abstract: Distance learning due to the COVID-19 lockdown, commonly called emergency remote teaching (ERT), substantially changed the methodology of teaching and possibly students’ perceptions of the quality of lectures. Students’ opinions should be collected and analyzed jointly with other data such as academic performance to assess the effect of this pandemic on learning. A 20-question, 4-point Likert scale specific questionnaire was designed and validated twice by a panel of experts. The survey was sent to the 365 industrial engineering undergraduate students enrolled in a chemistry course. Responses ( n = 233) and academic data were collected, and four student profiles were identified by using the k-means cluster analysis technique: ‘The Lucky’, ‘The Passive’, ‘The Autonomous Learner’ and ‘The Harmed’. Students experienced the ERT differently according to their profile. Undergraduates who were better autonomous learners excelled in academic performance and were more participative in the survey. In general, students preferred face-to-face classes over distance learning. Undergraduates’ learning has been impaired due to the circumstances. However, contrary to their beliefs, the situation has benefited them with respect to grades when comparing their performance with students from previous years. Discovering what challenges students faced to adapt to the situation is key to giving students tools to grow as autonomous learners and to enable educators to apply tailored teaching techniques to improve the quality of lectures and enhance student satisfaction.

Keywords: distance learning; emergency remote teaching; case study; COVID-19; academic performance; student profiles; clustering; learning styles; survey; self-regulated (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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