RAPID: Measuring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on STEM Student Engagement and Learning in Online Learning Environments

RAPID：衡量 COVID-19 大流行对 STEM 学生在线学习环境中的参与和学习的影响

• 批准号: 2028224
• 负责人: Shichao Liu
• 金额: $ 19.99万
• 依托单位: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2028224&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Measuring; Impact; COVID; 19

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sudden and unprecedented shift of undergraduate education to online learning. Instructors and students, many of whom have limited experience teaching and learning online, have suddenly been immersed in an exclusively virtual learning experience. This shift has been accompanied by drastic limitations in students’ daily activities, social interactions, and job opportunities. Given that the current disruption in the system is transient in nature, it is urgent to collect and analyze the data needed to understand the impact of the pandemic on undergraduate students. To this end, this project will examine the immediate and long-term impacts of the pandemic on undergraduate students’ emotional well-being, day-to-day functioning, and learning. The study aims to provide insights on how disruptions can affect learners’ stress, engagement, and learning outcomes both during the online learning experience and during the return to learning conditions that are similar to those prior to the disruption. Results from this project will help inform higher-education institutions and policymakers as they develop strategies to mitigate the effects on student learning resulting from the current pandemic and to plan responses for future disruptions. The goal of this project is to understand the longitudinal and dynamic impact of the pandemic on undergraduate STEM students’ emotional states (such as stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and frustration), day-to-day life (such as social isolation, sedentariness, access to outdoor environments, and proximity to outbreak hotspots), and learning engagement and outcomes. Fluctuations in students’ day-to-day functions and emotional states will be evaluated during and after the pandemic, using information from psychological surveys, interviews, computer vision-based analytics, and wearable sensors. Learning outcomes will be assessed using grades and self-evaluation of learning. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the resulting data will be used to understand the effects of the disruptions in daily life on students’ emotional states and learning outcomes. This project aims to advance the STEM education community’s understanding of the relationship between disruptions in the education system and student learning, and potentially reveal characteristics that promote resilience of students during and following the acute stages of a crisis. This RAPID award is made by the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program in the Division of Undergraduate Education (Education and Human Resources Directorate), using funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行导致本科教育突然前所未有地转向在线学习。教师和学生，他们中的许多人在网上教学和学习经验有限，突然沉浸在一个完全虚拟的学习体验中。伴随着这种转变，学生的日常活动、社会交往和工作机会都受到了极大的限制。鉴于目前系统的中断是暂时的，迫切需要收集和分析所需的数据，以了解大流行对本科生的影响。为此，该项目将研究大流行对大学生情绪健康、日常功能和学习的直接和长期影响。该研究旨在深入了解中断是如何影响学习者在在线学习过程中的压力、参与度和学习成果的，以及在返回到与中断之前类似的学习条件时的影响。该项目的成果将有助于高等教育机构和政策制定者制定战略，减轻当前大流行对学生学习的影响，并规划应对未来中断的措施。该项目的目标是了解大流行对本科STEM学生的情绪状态（如压力、焦虑、抑郁症状和沮丧）、日常生活（如社交孤立、久坐不动、接触户外环境和靠近疫情热点）以及学习参与和成果的纵向和动态影响。将利用来自心理调查、访谈、基于计算机视觉的分析和可穿戴传感器的信息，评估学生在大流行期间和之后的日常功能和情绪状态的波动。学习成果将通过成绩和学习自我评价来评估。结果数据的定量和定性分析将用于了解日常生活中断对学生情绪状态和学习成果的影响。该项目旨在促进STEM教育界对教育系统中断与学生学习之间关系的理解，并有可能揭示在危机严重阶段和之后促进学生恢复能力的特征。该RAPID奖由本科教育司（教育和人力资源理事会）改进本科STEM教育项目颁发，资金来自《冠状病毒援助、救济和经济安全（关怀）法案》。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

How indoor environmental quality affects occupants’ cognitive functions: A systematic review

• DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107647
• 发表时间: 2021-04
• 期刊: Building and Environment
• 影响因子: 7.4
• 作者: Chao Wang;Fan Zhang;Julian Wang;J. Doyle;P. Hancock;C. Mak;Shichao Liu

How indoor environment quality affected college students’ mental health and learning performance during COVID-19: a long-term study

COVID-19 期间室内环境质量如何影响大学生的心理健康和学习表现：一项长期研究

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The Healthy Buildings 2021-America Conference
• 作者: Guo, Xingtong;Incollingo Rodriguez, Angela;Farzina, Soroush;Whitehill, Jacob;Van Dessel, Steven;Liu, Shichao
• 通讯作者: Liu, Shichao

Occupants’ satisfaction with LEED- and non-LEED-certified apartments using social media data

使用社交媒体数据评估居住者对 LEED 和非 LEED 认证公寓的满意度

• DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108288
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Building and Environment
• 影响因子: 7.4
• 作者: Guo, Xingtong;Lee, Kyumin;Wang, Zhe;Liu, Shichao
• 通讯作者: Liu, Shichao