STAVOVI STUDENATA O KVALITETU ONLAJN NASTAVE MATEMATIKE TOKOM PANDEMIJE KOVIDA 19

Abstract

After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions all around the world were forced to switch from face-to-face to online and hybrid model of teaching. The issue of the quality of such teaching arose at universities. Given that, even under normal conditions, learning mathematics represents a challenge for students, we wanted to examine the attitudes and experience of students regarding teaching mathematics in an online environment. The aim of the research was to determine how students of non-mathematical faculties evaluate the quality of mathematics teaching in an online environment at higher education institutions in the Republic of Serbia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research sample included 224 undergraduate students of seven faculties/departments of three state and one private university. Regardless of the fact that neither teachers nor students were prepared for the organization of online mathematics classes at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic outburst, the obtained research results confirm the good quality of teaching. Students recognize the quality of the organization of online mathematics classes in terms of well-prepared teaching materials in digital forms, as well as of good communication and interaction with teachers. We believe that this research can be a significant starting point for some further studies that could examine the connection between attitudes of students about the quality of mathematics teaching and their mathematical achievements. The obtained results can also be used in the context of preparing and planning training of both teachers and students, for the application of new technologies in the teaching process.