Student’s engagement on online biology teaching and learning: in the perspective of constructivism theory / Masitah Abu Kassim ... [et al.]

Constructivism theory outlines that learning must be constructed through meaningful learning experience of the learners. Biology is the study of living things that comply with both theoretical and experimental. Since COVID-19 hit globally in 2020, education systems have been impacted and urged to make crucial changes. Online learning has become the main method of teaching and learning within the period. During endemic, academia must get back to face-to-face methods and leave behind the virtual one. This study highlighted the effectiveness of online learning in Biology towards student’s engagement and learning experience. It measures the behavioural-cognitive engagement of the students towards their online learning experience and correlate it to their performances. A group of 114 foundation students who have enrolled in Biology courses were chosen to complete an engagement survey. A 5-point Likert scale has been used in this survey. It was reported that, students prefer to use online method of biology learning in certain circumstances but prefer face-to-face on daily session.