COVID-19's impact on learning processes in Australian university students

Darrell Eckley; Andrew Allen; Prudence Millear; Karina Tirsvad Rune

doi:10.1007/s11218-022-09739-x

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COVID-19's impact on learning processes in Australian university students

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COVID-19's impact on learning processes in Australian university students

Darrell Eckley, Andrew Allen, Prudence Millear and Karina Tirsvad Rune

Social Psychology of Education, Vol.26, pp.161-189

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-022-09739-x

PMCID: PMC9668712

PMID: 36415584

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COVID-19

education

psychological needs

self-determination theory

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has accentuated the role and interplay of numerous educational factors, inviting pedagogical research concerning online education. Using self-determination theory's basic psychological needs and fundamental learning theories, identified educational factors were integrated into three pathways: (1) autonomy, technology acceptance, and self-regulation of learning; (2) relatedness, authentic happiness, and a classroom community; and (3) competency, harmonious passion, and trait conscientiousness. This study extends educational research by elucidating the relationships between psychological need fulfilment, educational factors, and students' expectations of their future grades during the impact of COVID-19. Australian university students (N = 226, 77% female) completed questionnaires assessing their experience of home isolation, factors of each hypothesised pathway, and their expected grades. Structural equation modelling revealed that higher need fulfilment significantly predicted engagement in educational factors and that educational factors are complexly interrelated, providing resilience, motivation, and the mechanisms that facilitate learning. Most importantly, relatedness between academics and students positively influenced all learning pathways. Reciprocal determinism demonstrated the most substantial association with expected grades, and new insight was gained into the interrelationships of passion, trait conscientiousness, and self-regulation of learning.

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Title: COVID-19's impact on learning processes in Australian university students
Authors: Darrell Eckley (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Andrew Allen (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Prudence Millear (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Karina Tirsvad Rune (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Publication details: Social Psychology of Education, Vol.26, pp.161-189
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-022-09739-x
ISSN: 1573-1928
PMID: 36415584; PMC9668712
Organisation Unit: Cancer Research Cluster; Engage Research Lab; School of Health - Psychology; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99696657802621
Output Type: Journal article

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