80% of Gyeonggi Elementary, Middle, and High School Students "Feel the Effectiveness of Online Classes"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] Eight out of ten elementary, middle, and high school students in Gyeonggi-do were found to have learning effects through online classes. However, this satisfaction level showed differences by grade, with higher grades less likely to evaluate online classes as meaningful activities.

The Gyeonggi-do Education Research Institute conducted a "Survey on Online Learning and School Opening" from April 17 to 20, targeting 286,550 elementary, middle, and high school students and 30,571 teachers in the province.

As a result of the survey, 86% of student respondents answered that they "focused on the online learning provided after school opening."

Additionally, 80.8% of respondents evaluated that it "helped to learn something new," and 88.6% stated that while taking online classes, they "came to think that teachers and schools are making efforts for students."

However, satisfaction with online classes showed differences by grade.

The response rate for "focused on online learning" was highest among first-year middle school students at 90.4%. For high school 2nd and 3rd graders, it was 79.1%.

Similarly, the response rate for "helped to learn something new" was highest among first-year middle school students at 85.4%, and lowest among high school 2nd and 3rd graders at 74.4%.

Students said that the establishment of online class rooms "helped communication with the homeroom teacher (88.6%)." However, the rate of those who answered that it "helped communication with friends (54.7%)" was relatively low.

Meanwhile, the most common form of online classes conducted by teachers in the province was "classes connected with external materials or videos (47.2%)." This was followed by "teacher-recorded or recorded classes (40.5%)," "real-time classes (7.1%)," and "assigning student tasks or projects (3.7%)."

By school level, in elementary schools, classes connected with external materials or videos (72.7%) were most common, while in middle schools and general high schools, "teacher-recorded or recorded classes" were the most common at 49% and 50.3%, respectively.

When asked, "If the situation requires continuing online classes in the future, what type of classes would you mainly conduct?" 52.6% of teachers answered, "I would conduct recorded or recorded classes." Only 10% responded that they would conduct real-time classes.

The Gyeonggi-do Education Research Institute suggested, "These survey results indicate that teachers and students are adapting to the online learning system at a very fast pace and are achieving the intended learning effects," and added, "Based on the current experience, we must prepare for normalized disasters."

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