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IMAGE: Despite concerns that the shift to distance learning during the pandemic would adversely impact at-risk college students motivation and persistence, a study by educational psychology professor Jennifer Cromley and graduate. view more
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. When the worsening COVID-19 pandemic prompted colleges to shutter their campuses and shift to remote learning in spring 2020, concerns arose that many underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines would be demotivated and drop out in even greater numbers.
However, a study of 182 undergraduate students in a biology course at one university found little evidence to support that belief. Instead, across all demographic groups, the impact varied: Some students were more motivated, some were less so, and some saw no changes in their level of interest in the subject matter, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign fo