Reinventing Mathematics Learning: An Exploration of Undergraduate Mathematics Learning Post-Pandemic
Date of Completion
Spring 4-19-2025
Thesis Advisor(s)
David T. McArdle
Honors Major
Mathematics
Disciplines
Educational Methods | Higher Education | Other Mathematics | Science and Mathematics Education
Abstract
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning in March 2020 nearly all secondary and undergraduate mathematics students were forced to adapt to new methods of learning and testing. As a result, the current experience for these mathematics students has changed vastly, as have the opinions and preferences of these students in terms of their learning. This study aims to identify instruction and testing resources and methods that students prefer and those that students find less beneficial in their current, post-pandemic educational experience. The past few years have seen a focus on the direct impacts of online learning during the pandemic, however it is now important to focus on the state of education and learning in a post-pandemic society. Because students were introduced to a plethora of new learning and testing resources, some of their learning perceptions and preferences have changed while others have been reinforced. This project aims to examine the positive and negative impacts of implementing these various resources, both in the classroom and for assessments, on student learning in mathematics courses. Findings from this study support the continued growth and adaptation of the educational landscape in undergraduate mathematics learning.
Recommended Citation
Balesano, Morgan R., "Reinventing Mathematics Learning: An Exploration of Undergraduate Mathematics Learning Post-Pandemic" (2025). Honors Scholar Theses. 1104.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/srhonors_theses/1104
