Great idea for a study. Nice job!

Wow – what a great, really well designed study! This information is SO important and I hope administrators take note!

It would be interesting to look at similar factors in faculty members teaching via zoom versus in-person as well! I’m sure many of the changes in motivation and course satisfaction are similar.

I agree completely that the switch to online learning negatively affected students’ perceptions regarding their mental health, satisfaction, motivation, and overall learning. I also like how the study added in the idea that there are other risk factors that would affect students’ learning besides the pandemic.

This is a great idea for a study. Your findings in the study should be taken into consideration as schools adjust in the future. I think this topic is definitely worth continuing to research as it is something that really has not been taken into consideration before.

This was a super interesting study. The fact that you found significant data with such a small n is impressive. I would love to understand more about the risk factors you studied. Were students classified into high and low risk? Also, what were the ranges of zoom versus non zoom classes? Was hybrid counted as zoom? I don’t know that many fully in person classes that are being taught this semester so I am curious about your findings. Maybe more of the FSEMS are in person.

Nice idea for a study! You note that you recruited 36 but had to throw ‘several’ out. Was your final N 36 or was it even smaller? I’m also curious if how you ordered your hierarchical regression. Did you enter your predictors one at a time and look at the change in r-square, or was did you enter them both at the same time (i.e. simultaneous regression?)You knew I’d have a stats question!

I think it would be interesting to look at high school students and teachers/professors as well, and see if this change has impacted them the same way. This is a great study, organized really neatly, and very topical in the world today!

This is a really cool study and I like it because I can relate to it! Your study shows that more zoom classes are associated with less motivation and satisfaction with course work which I can totally relate to! I work a lot better and am more motivated when I am in person in my classes and can actually connect with people! Like Emma said, it would be cool to look at high school students and see if anything changes!