Shan Ezekiel L.

Pondare

RELATED STUDY
The study written by Tang (2020) examined the efficacy of different online teaching
modes among engineering students using a questionnaire. The results revealed that the
students were dissatisfied with online learning in general, particularly in the aspect of
communication and question and answer modes. Nonetheless, the combined model of online
teaching with flipped classrooms improved students’ attention, academic performance and
course evaluation. A parallel study was undertaken by Hew who transformed conventional
flipped classrooms into fully online flipped classes throughs a cloud-based video conferencing
app. Their findings suggested that these two types of learning environments were equally
effective. They also offered ways on how to effectively adopt video conferencing-assisted online
flipped classrooms. Unlike the two studies, Suryaman looked into how learning occurred at
home during pandemic. Their findings showed that the students faced many obstacles in a
home learning environment such as lack of mastery of technology, high interest cost and
limited interaction or socialization between and among students. In a related study investigated
how lockdown impacts the students’ learning performance. Their findings revealed that the
lockdown made significant disruptions in students learning experience. The students also
reported some challenges that they faced during online classes. These include anxiety,
depression, poor internet service, and uncomfortable learning environment, which were
aggravated when students are marginalized and from remote areas .

This study is about the dissatisfaction and the various difficulties encountered by
students in the online learning modality, as well as the learning strategies that improved
learning efficiency. This supports the present study by serving as a basis in determining the
challenges in distance learning.
Tang (2020)
“Students online learning challenges during pandemic and how they cope with them: The case
of Philippines Education and Information Technologies”
https://link.springer.com/article/ x 10.1007/s10639-021-10589-x
Shan Ezekiel L. Pondare

RELATED LITERATURE
Based from the article by Kreitz (n.d.), the school provides structure and routine to the
lives of students. Following routine of getting up at a certain time, going to classes at specific
times and coming home at certain time provides a sense of normalcy in their lives. The
predictability of knowing third math class follows second period history class allows students’
brains to focus on academic content. Expectations for behavior and academic performance are
known and familiar. When schools closed earlier this month, students lost this structure and
routine. Many were sent home with packets of assignment to complete but it is up to them to
decide when and in what order they will do the assignments. For most students it is not just
about academics, it is also about social interaction. Many friendships started by sitting next to
each other in class. The highlight of a student’s day might be walking down a certain hallway
between fifth ang sixth period because that is when she can reliably expect to see the person
has a crush on. Groups of friends eat lunch together every day. One the most stressful aspects
of the current situation is uncertainty. The long-term effects of this pandemic remain unknown.
Facing so may unknown heightens anxiety. Some amount of fear and worry is a normal reaction
to this abnormal situation.
In this article, it was stated that students have difficulty in studying due to the closure of
schools as social isolation and academic challenges were encountered. This article can help the
researchers in identifying the problems that arose in the welfare and education of students.

Mary Kreitz (n.d.)

The impact of COVID-19 on high students. Child and Adolescent behavioral health
https://www.childandadolescent.org/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-high-school-students/