Social Skills and Academic Engagement of Learners Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Session

Education and Development

Description

The study aimed to examine the relationship of social skills and academic engagement among learners amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The researcher utilized the descriptive-correlational design and employed the systematic random sampling technique in identifying the 117 respondents of Grades V to VI learners in Schools Division of Bais City namely Cambayungon Elementary School, Olympia Elementary School, and Bais City Pilot School. The researcher used validated questionnaires and employed weighted mean, Chi-square Test, and Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation in treating the data. The study revealed that the extent to which learners display their social skills in the delivery of modular distance learning is classified as “high” in terms of social initiation and “very high” in terms of peer learning support and connection, cooperation, and communication. The study also unveiled that the overall level of learners’ academic engagement in the new normal scheme of learning is categorized as “very high”. Moreover, the findings also identified that there is a significant relationship between the extent to which the students display their social initiation, peer learning support and connection, cooperation, and communication and their level of academic engagement. Meanwhile, pupils with higher family income tend to display higher social skills than those students who are challenged financially.

Keywords:

social skills, academic engagement, level of academic engagement in COVID-19, factors that affect academic engagement

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-550-95-6

Location

UBT Lipjan, Kosovo

Start Date

28-10-2023 8:00 AM

End Date

29-10-2023 6:00 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2023.312

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Social Skills and Academic Engagement of Learners Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

UBT Lipjan, Kosovo

The study aimed to examine the relationship of social skills and academic engagement among learners amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The researcher utilized the descriptive-correlational design and employed the systematic random sampling technique in identifying the 117 respondents of Grades V to VI learners in Schools Division of Bais City namely Cambayungon Elementary School, Olympia Elementary School, and Bais City Pilot School. The researcher used validated questionnaires and employed weighted mean, Chi-square Test, and Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation in treating the data. The study revealed that the extent to which learners display their social skills in the delivery of modular distance learning is classified as “high” in terms of social initiation and “very high” in terms of peer learning support and connection, cooperation, and communication. The study also unveiled that the overall level of learners’ academic engagement in the new normal scheme of learning is categorized as “very high”. Moreover, the findings also identified that there is a significant relationship between the extent to which the students display their social initiation, peer learning support and connection, cooperation, and communication and their level of academic engagement. Meanwhile, pupils with higher family income tend to display higher social skills than those students who are challenged financially.