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Change in Gap Perception within Current Practices in Assessing Students Learning Mathematics

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  • Vlad I. Bocanet

    (Faculty of Machine Building, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Bvd. Muncii, No. 103-105, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

  • Ken Brown

    (Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Port Road, Letterkenny, F92 FC93 Co Donegal, Ireland)

  • Anne Uukkivi

    (Center for Sciences, TTK University of Applied Sciences, Pärnu mnt 62, 10135 Tallinn, Estonia)

  • Filomena Soares

    (CEOS.PP/ISCAP/P.PORTO, Mathematics Department, Rua Jaime Lopes Amorim, s/n, 4465-004 Matosinhos, Portugal)

  • Ana Paula Lopes

    (CEOS.PP/ISCAP/P.PORTO, Mathematics Department, Rua Jaime Lopes Amorim, s/n, 4465-004 Matosinhos, Portugal)

  • Anna Cellmer

    (Department of Civil Engineering, Koszalin University of Technology, Environmental and Geodetic Sciences ul. Sniadeckich 2, 75-453 Koszalin, Poland)

  • Carles Serrat

    (Department of Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTECH, Av. Doctor Marañon, 44-50, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Cristina Feniser

    (Faculty of Machine Building, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Bvd. Muncii, No. 103-105, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

  • Florina M. Serdean

    (Faculty of Machine Building, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Bvd. Muncii, No. 103-105, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

  • Elena Safiulina

    (Center for Sciences, TTK University of Applied Sciences, Pärnu mnt 62, 10135 Tallinn, Estonia)

  • Gerald Kelly

    (Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Port Road, Letterkenny, F92 FC93 Co Donegal, Ireland)

  • Joanna Cymerman

    (Faculty of Economic Science, ul. Kwiatkowskiego 6E, 75-343 Koszalin, Poland)

  • Igor Kierkosz

    (Department of Civil Engineering, Koszalin University of Technology, Environmental and Geodetic Sciences ul. Sniadeckich 2, 75-453 Koszalin, Poland)

  • Volodymyr Sushch

    (Department of Civil Engineering, Koszalin University of Technology, Environmental and Geodetic Sciences ul. Sniadeckich 2, 75-453 Koszalin, Poland)

  • Marina Latõnina

    (Center for Sciences, TTK University of Applied Sciences, Pärnu mnt 62, 10135 Tallinn, Estonia)

  • Oksana Labanova

    (Center for Sciences, TTK University of Applied Sciences, Pärnu mnt 62, 10135 Tallinn, Estonia)

  • M. Montserrat Bruguera

    (Department of Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTECH, Av. Doctor Marañon, 44-50, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Chara Pantazi

    (Department of Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTECH, Av. Doctor Marañon, 44-50, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

  • M. Rosa Estela

    (Department of Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTECH, Av. Doctor Marañon, 44-50, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

Abstract

The COVID pandemic has touched many aspects of everyone’s life. Education is one of the fields greatly affected by it, as students and teachers were forced to move online and quickly adapt to the online environment. Assessment is a crucial part of education, especially in STEM fields. A gap analysis was performed by expert groups in the frame of an Erasmus+ project looking at the practices of six European countries. Specialists teaching university-grade mathematics in seven European institutions were asked about their perception of gaps in the assessment of students both before (2019) and during (2021) the pandemic. This qualitative study looks at the difference in perception of such gaps after almost one year of online teaching. The analysis of their responses showed that some gaps were present before the pandemic, as well as others that are specific to it. Some gaps, such as the lack of IT infrastructure and the need to adapt materials to an online environment, have been exacerbated by the outbreak.

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  • Vlad I. Bocanet & Ken Brown & Anne Uukkivi & Filomena Soares & Ana Paula Lopes & Anna Cellmer & Carles Serrat & Cristina Feniser & Florina M. Serdean & Elena Safiulina & Gerald Kelly & Joanna Cymerman, 2021. "Change in Gap Perception within Current Practices in Assessing Students Learning Mathematics," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-13, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:8:p:4495-:d:538227
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    1. Cristina Venera Tartavulea & Catalin Nicolae Albu & Nadia Albu & Ramona Iulia Dieaconescu & Silvia Petre, 2020. "Online Teaching Practices and the Effectiveness of the Educational Process in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 22(55), pages 920-920, August.
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    1. Amanda M. Y. Chu & Connie K. W. Liu & Mike K. P. So & Benson S. Y. Lam, 2021. "Factors for Sustainable Online Learning in Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-16, April.

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