Change in Gap Perception within Current Practices in Assessing Students Learning Mathematics

Vlad I. Bocanet, Ken Brown, Anne Uukkivi, Filomena Soares, Ana Paula Lopes, Anna Cellmer, Carles Serrat, Cristina Feniser, Florina M. Serdean, Elena Safiulina, Gerald Kelly, Joanna Cymerman, Igor Kierkosz, Volodymyr Sushch, Marina Latõnina, Oksana Labanova, M. Montserrat Bruguera, Chara Pantazi and M. Rosa Estela
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Vlad I. Bocanet: Faculty of Machine Building, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Bvd. Muncii, No. 103-105, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ken Brown: Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Port Road, Letterkenny, F92 FC93 Co Donegal, Ireland
Anne Uukkivi: Center for Sciences, TTK University of Applied Sciences, Pärnu mnt 62, 10135 Tallinn, Estonia
Filomena Soares: CEOS.PP/ISCAP/P.PORTO, Mathematics Department, Rua Jaime Lopes Amorim, s/n, 4465-004 Matosinhos, Portugal
Ana Paula Lopes: CEOS.PP/ISCAP/P.PORTO, Mathematics Department, Rua Jaime Lopes Amorim, s/n, 4465-004 Matosinhos, Portugal
Anna Cellmer: Department of Civil Engineering, Koszalin University of Technology, Environmental and Geodetic Sciences ul. Sniadeckich 2, 75-453 Koszalin, Poland
Carles Serrat: Department of Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTECH, Av. Doctor Marañon, 44-50, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Cristina Feniser: Faculty of Machine Building, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Bvd. Muncii, No. 103-105, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Florina M. Serdean: Faculty of Machine Building, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Bvd. Muncii, No. 103-105, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Elena Safiulina: Center for Sciences, TTK University of Applied Sciences, Pärnu mnt 62, 10135 Tallinn, Estonia
Gerald Kelly: Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Port Road, Letterkenny, F92 FC93 Co Donegal, Ireland
Joanna Cymerman: Faculty of Economic Science, ul. Kwiatkowskiego 6E, 75-343 Koszalin, Poland
Igor Kierkosz: Department of Civil Engineering, Koszalin University of Technology, Environmental and Geodetic Sciences ul. Sniadeckich 2, 75-453 Koszalin, Poland
Volodymyr Sushch: Department of Civil Engineering, Koszalin University of Technology, Environmental and Geodetic Sciences ul. Sniadeckich 2, 75-453 Koszalin, Poland
Marina Latõnina: Center for Sciences, TTK University of Applied Sciences, Pärnu mnt 62, 10135 Tallinn, Estonia
Oksana Labanova: Center for Sciences, TTK University of Applied Sciences, Pärnu mnt 62, 10135 Tallinn, Estonia
M. Montserrat Bruguera: Department of Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTECH, Av. Doctor Marañon, 44-50, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Chara Pantazi: Department of Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTECH, Av. Doctor Marañon, 44-50, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
M. Rosa Estela: Department of Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTECH, Av. Doctor Marañon, 44-50, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-13

Abstract: The COVID pandemic has touched many aspects of everyone’s life. Education is one of the fields greatly affected by it, as students and teachers were forced to move online and quickly adapt to the online environment. Assessment is a crucial part of education, especially in STEM fields. A gap analysis was performed by expert groups in the frame of an Erasmus+ project looking at the practices of six European countries. Specialists teaching university-grade mathematics in seven European institutions were asked about their perception of gaps in the assessment of students both before (2019) and during (2021) the pandemic. This qualitative study looks at the difference in perception of such gaps after almost one year of online teaching. The analysis of their responses showed that some gaps were present before the pandemic, as well as others that are specific to it. Some gaps, such as the lack of IT infrastructure and the need to adapt materials to an online environment, have been exacerbated by the outbreak.

Keywords: online education; mathematics; gap analysis method; student assessment; e-assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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