Why did students report lower test anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic?

SN Ewell, CC Josefson, CJ Ballen - Journal of microbiology & …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Test anxiety is a common experience shared by college students and is typically
investigated in the context of traditional, face-to-face courses. However, the onset of the …

The problems of the COVID-19 pandemic in higher education

VB Salakhova, LV Shukshina, NV Belyakova… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Since the outbreak of the pandemic COVID-19, many studies have been conducted to
examine how education has responded to the challenges of a completely new situation that …

Undergraduate student stress, sleep, and health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

AF Lukowski, KA Karayianis, DZ Kamliot… - Behavioral …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, undergraduate students experienced sleep problems and
mental health issues that were negatively associated with academic achievement. Studies …

Costs and benefits of undergraduates revealing depression to online science instructors

CA Busch, TF Mohammed, EM Nadile… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2023 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Depression is one of the leading mental health concerns among science undergraduates,
and rates of student depression increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Revealing one's …

How researchers calculate students' grade point average in other courses has minimal impact

NT Young, RL Matz, EF Bell, C Hayward - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Grade point average in “other” courses (GPAO) is an increasingly common measure used to
control for prior academic performance and to predict future academic performance. In …

Let's ask the other side: teaching gymnasium plant biology from a teacher's perspective

J Kováčik, M Vydra - Education Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
It has been repeatedly found that plant biology is less attractive for students than other
biology fields. We, therefore, focused on the opposite and, through an online questionnaire …

Optional Exam Retakes Reduce Anxiety but may Exacerbate Score Disparities Between Students with Different Social Identities

K Supriya, C Bang, J Ebie, C Pagliarulo… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2024 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Use of high-stakes exams in a course has been associated with gender, racial, and
socioeconomic inequities. We investigated whether offering students the opportunity to …

An exploration of how gender, political affiliation, or religious identity is associated with comfort and perceptions of controversial topics in bioethics

BA Edwards, JA Roberts, C Bowen… - Advances in …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Bioethics is an important aspect of understanding the relationship between science and
society, but studies have not yet examined undergraduate student experiences and comfort …

COVID-19 and Grade Inflation: Analysis of Undergraduate GPAs During the Pandemic

JA Tillinghast, DJW Mjelde, A Yeritsyan - SAGE Open, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic required adaptation to a new learning environment creating
challenges for students and instructors. A reduction in student-teacher contact and the lack …

COVID-19 and mental health among college students in the southwestern United States

ML Brown, CE Trotter, W Huang… - Journal of American …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Objective: We examined COVID-19-related experiences, mental health, and future
plans among US undergraduate and graduate students in the initial months of the …