COVID-19 pandemic impact on student achievements

The COVID-19 pandemic created a natural experiment for comparisons in performance during in-person versus synchronous online and hybrid learning mode. We tracked changes in student achievements across the first two years of their engineering studies. The inquiry was conducted on 787 students.

Variable information

group (year of study commencement):  0 - 2019/2020, 1 - 2020/2021, 2 - 2021/2022

nation: 1 - native (Poland), 0 - non-native

gender: 1 - male, 0 - female

studyoption: 1 - full-time studies, 0 - part-time studies

ICS - Introduction to Computer Science test results, test included 20 questions worth 20 points 

ICS is the first semester course

NAA - Numerical Analysis Algorithms test results, test included 20 questions worth 20 points

NAA is the third semester course

firstyear: the year in which the data were collected from the first semester course (ICS)

secondyear: the year in which the data were collected from the third semester course (NAA)