STEM undergraduates' perspectives of instructor and university responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spring 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined undergraduate STEM students' experiences during Spring 2020 when universities switched to remote instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we sought to understand actions by universities and instructors that students found effective or ineffective, as well as instructor behaviors that conveyed a sense of caring or not caring about their students' success.

Methods

In July 2020 we conducted 16 focus groups with STEM undergraduate students enrolled in US colleges and universities (N = 59). Focus groups were stratified by gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Content analyses were performed using a data-driven inductive approach.

Results

Participants (N = 59; 51% female) were racially/ethnically diverse (76% race/ethnicity

SUBMITTER: Pagoto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8396789 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature