Motivational Resilience during COVID-19 across At-Risk Undergraduates

Media reports suggest the switch to online courses due to COVID-19 has “demotivated” undergraduates. Our semester-long study of motivation for biology was in progress when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. We analyze changes in student (N = 182) motivation from before and after. Across variables, su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Cromley, Jennifer, Kunze, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2021
Materias:
Teaching in a Time of Crisis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8046648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33884080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v22i1.2271
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Sumario:Media reports suggest the switch to online courses due to COVID-19 has “demotivated” undergraduates. Our semester-long study of motivation for biology was in progress when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. We analyze changes in student (N = 182) motivation from before and after. Across variables, subgroups of students changed in adaptive and maladaptive ways; some remained stable. In cross-tabulations, one significant difference was found by sex, and a number of adaptive and maladaptive differences by race and socioeconomic status (SES). Despite obvious burdens on low-SES groups, undergraduate motivation was affected positively and negatively in this sample; only some variables were related to intention to remain in STEM.

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