The COVID-19 pandemic: Impact on academic functioning of students from the University of Buenos Aires.

KARADAYIAN, A.; HENDRIKSEN, P.A.; KIANI, P.; MERLO, A.; CZERNICZYNIEC, A.; LORES ARNAIZ, S.,; BRUCE, G.; VERSTER, J.C.

Buenos Aires

Encuentro; 7° Encuentro de Investigación en Educación en Ciencias Naturales y Tecnología; 2023

Centro de Investigación y Apoyo a la Educación Científica -CIAEC- Universidad de Buenos Aires

Abstract: An online survey was conducted among 426 students from University of Buenos Aires to evaluate the impact on academic functioning of the transition from in-person to online education during the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Argentina. The analysis revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with small but significant improvements of academic achievement, reading, and writing. However, there was a great variability between students: 46.0% reported poorer academic performance quality during the COVID-19 pandemic, whereas 42.7% reported improved academic performance quality. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a significant reduction in interactions with other students, along with a significantly poorer balance between study and private life, and poorer satisfaction of being a student.