The Impact of the Pandemic on Students’ Academic Performance

Task 1: Create a graphic organizer of your chosen topic.

Cause and Effect

Task 2: Search your keywords from your own graphic organizer. List down all the
necessary articles about your topic.

● The main advantage of online learning is flexibility. This condition makes

students possible to access online courses to learn and carry out assignments
anytime and anywhere. Therefore, teaching and learning processes can be more
practical and efficient. (Ningsih & Sari, 2022)
http://jim.teknokrat.ac.id/index.php/english-language-teaching/article/view/1618
● However, due to low self-discipline, the flexibility of time given by the lecturer
triggers students to postpone in submitting their assignment and the majority
tend to submit on or close to the deadline time. (Ningsih & Sari, 2022)
http://jim.teknokrat.ac.id/index.php/english-language-teaching/article/view/1618
● Students were cut off from their teachers, with uneven access to live instruction
and hands-on, collaborative learning. There were few opportunities to see friends
in person or engage in extracurricular activities. (Hamilton & Gross, 2021)
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED614131
● General difficulties associated with distanced learning and social isolation
contributed to the increases in both depression and anxiety symptoms.
(Fruehwirth et al., 2021)
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247999
● However, under-connected students may be even more vulnerable in remote
than in face-to-face learning conditions, given that digital access is also
prerequisite for communicating and securing assistance from teaching assistants
and professors in remote learning. (Katz et al., 2021)
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0246641#sec02
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● The majority still prefer classroom classes over online classes due to the many
problems they face when taking online classes, some of which include: their lack
of motivation and understanding of the material, the decrease in communication
levels between the students and their instructors, and their increased feeling of
isolation caused by online classes. (Alawamleh et al., 2020)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343897561_The_effect_of_online_learn
ing_on_communication_between_instructors_and_students_during_Covid-19_pa
ndemic
Task 3: Paraphrase
● Flexibility is the fundamental benefit of online learning. With this, students can
access online classes at any time and location to learn and complete tasks,
making teaching and learning techniques can be more effective and useful.
(Ningsih & Sari, 2022)
● But due to materials being able to be accessed any time and anywhere, students
with low self-discipline will procrastinate and take longer to submit their work.
(Ningsih & Sari, 2022)
● In terms of having unequal access to online education and hands-on,
collaborative learning, students were cut off from their teachers. There were few
chances to hang out with friends or participate in extracurricular activities.
(Hamilton & Gross, 2021)
● This caused increase in both depression and anxiety symptoms were attributed
to general challenges brought on by distance learning and social isolation.
(Fruehwirth et al., 2021)
● Considering that digital access is also a requirement for interacting and gaining
help from teaching assistants and professors in remote learning, underconnected
students may be even more vulnerable in remote learning situations than in
face-to-face learning ones. (Katz et al., 2021)
● Due to the decline in communication between the students and their instructors,
the majority of students and teachers still prefer classroom classes over online
classes. (Alawamleh et al., 2020)
Task 4: Create a 5 paragraph expository essay based on the article taken from the
previous tasks. Make sure to use different signal words to connect one idea to
the other.

The Impact of the Pandemic on Students’ Academic Performance

The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically altered the world. It had a significant
impact on the educational system, particularly on students.

According to Ningsih and Sari (2022), flexibility is the fundamental benefit of

online learning. With this, students can access online classes at any time and location
to learn and complete tasks, making teaching and learning techniques can be more
effective and useful. But due to materials being able to be accessed any time and
anywhere, students with low self-discipline will procrastinate and take longer to submit
their work.

In terms of having unequal access to online education and hands-on,

collaborative learning, students were cut off from their teachers. There were few
chances to hang out with friends or participate in extracurricular activities. (Hamilton &
Gross, 2021). According to Fruehwirth et. al (2021), this caused an increase in both
depression and anxiety symptoms, which were attributed to general challenges brought
on by distance learning and social isolation.

Considering that digital access is also a requirement for interacting and gaining
help from teaching assistants and professors in remote learning, under-connected
students may be even more vulnerable in remote learning situations than in face-to-face
learning ones. (Katz et al., 2021). As stated by Alawamleh et. al (2020), because of the
decline in communication between the students and their instructors, the majority of
students and teachers still prefer classroom classes over online classes.

. In conclusion, not all students and teachers benefit from distance education.
Issues caused by the disease are unavoidable, especially for those who are
under-privileged.