Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2021 |
Keywords
- COVID-19
- severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
- Novel coronavirus
- Coronavirus
- 2019-nCoV
- Pandemic
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Education
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Immunology and Microbiology
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Study examines how pandemic-related changes affect college students’ motivation
5/25/21
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