Anticipated Date of Graduation

Summer 2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences

Department

Mathematical Sciences

First Advisor

Douglas Darbro

Abstract

The education system has been in disarray since the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This research project plans to evaluate the learning process of in-person learning verses online learning. The purpose of this project is to provide an insight into online learning and the hope is to spark a conversation to improve it. The data for the project was collected from a high school located in Huntersville, North Carolina. The findings from this study are: (a) there is a statistically significant difference in means between the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school year state EOC scores, (b) there is a statistically significant difference in means of the 2020-2021 EOC scores across at-risk level, (c) there was not a statistically significant difference in means of the 2020-2021 EOC scores across grade levels of juniors and seniors, (d) there was a statistically significant difference in means of the 2020-2021 EOC scores across team or individual sport type, (e) gender, ACT scores, 8th grade EOG scores and 2020-2021 EOC scores is the best model to predict the 2021-2022 EOC scores. These results imply there is a large learning gap in online learning that needs to be reevaluated.

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