CXC

SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECT

SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT (S.B.A.)
(YEAR 2021)
Name of Candidate: Antonio johnson
School: Ardene High School
Centre Number: 100138
Candidate Number: 1001382340
Teacher: Miss V. Boothe
 Table of Contents
Acknowledgement

Introduction

Statement of Problem

Reason for Selecting Area of Research

Method of Investigation

Instrument Used to Collect Data

Procedures Used to Collect Data

Presentation of Data

Analysis and Interpretation of Data

Findings

Recommendations

Conclusion

Reference page

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 Acknowledgement
The successful completion of this research would not have been possible without the assistance

and cooperation of the number of children who have faced issues with online learning in my

community. I would like to thank all participants that helped me to attain the necessary

information needed to complete my research.

I would also like to thank my family members and friends, who gave me their support and

compelled me to successfully complete this task.

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 Introduction
Newland is a small community located in the parish of St. Catherine. since march 2020 I have
observed that not many students are doing online class in my community. Therefore I have
decided to conduct a survey in my community that examine the views of children ages 13-16 in
the community of Newland regarding online learning.

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 Statement of Problem

What are the views of children ages 13-16 in the community of Newland regarding online
learning?

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 Reasons for Selecting Area of Research

Covid-19 has caused schools across the country to discontinue face to face learning for a long

period of time until they can contain the spread of the virus. Many Children across the nation

have had to adopt to online learning instead of having regular face to face classes. I have also

had to adapt to online learning and I have discovered that there are benefits and challenges to this

mode of learning.

I also decided to choose this topic because of the new norm that students have to go

through knowing that they can’t be at physical school. I know that students are having trouble

with getting their school work complete.

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 Method of Investigation
In order to collect data from the survey, I have decided to use printed questionnaires.
The questionnaire as a tool for collecting data has a number of advantages:
 It is easy to plan, construct and administrate

 It places less pressure on the subject for immediate response

 Questionnaires are inexpensive

13 closed item questions are on the questionnaire.

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 Questionnaire

A SURVEY ON STUDENTS VIEWS OF ONLINE LEARNING IN THE COMMUNITY OF

NEWLAND
Instructions: Please answer each question by circling the correct response. All responses will
be treated confidentially so please do not write your name on the questionnaire. Thank you for
participating in this survey.

1. Sex

Male female

2. What age group do you belong to?

13 14

15 16

3. How long have you been residing in Newland?

Over 1 year

1-5 years

6-10 years

10-15 years

Over 15 years

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4. What grade are you in?

7 8

9 10

5. Do you attend school online or face to face?

Online

Face to face

6. How often do you do you have access to Wi-Fi / data services?

Very often

Often

Not often

I have no access

7. How often do you attend school now?

Very often

Not often

None at all

7. b. How often did you attend school before to Covid-19?

Very often

Not often

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 None at all

8. Do you prefer online learning or face to face learning?

Online

Face to face

9. How do you feel about learning online?

Very good

Good

Satisfactory

Fair

Not good

10. What type of problems do you face with online learning?

Connection issues

No access to printed material

Unable to meet up with friends

Not communicating well with teacher

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 Lack of understanding of subject content

Difficulty in managing time

10b. What is the main problem you face with online learning?

Unable to meet up with friends

Not communicating well with teacher

Lack of understanding of subject content

Difficulty in managing time

11. What do you think are some of the benefits of online learning?

Your safer at home

Access to more resources and materials such as tablet, phone, internet, laptop/computer

No transportation expenses

More time at home with your family

Extra time to complete and submit assignments

A benefit to focus more at home because of lessor no distractions

11b. What do you think is the main benefit of online learning?

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 Your safer at home

Access to more resources and materials such as tablet, phone, internet,

laptop/computer

No transportation expenses

More time at home with your family

Extra time to complete and submit assignments

Able to focus more at home because of less or no distractions

12. What strategies have been used by your school to reach all students?

My school uses WhatsApp

Google classroom

Moodle

Zoom

Other

13. Do you think that the Ministry of Education should be doing more in providing students with

devices to help with online learning?

Yes

No

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 Procedures Used for Data Collection

The population of Smith Avenue, Newland is approximately 250. It was calculated that a sample

of 10% was necessary to ensure accurate analysis of views of children ages 13-16 face regarding

online learning. (10% of 250 = 25)

A total of 30 questionnaires were prepared using google forms and then sent to students via

email and WhatsApp, six students completed the questionnaire face to face. This was done for

safety reasons due to Covid 19.

A process of random sampling was used. I therefore decided to use the first 25 fully completed

questionnaires.

56% were females and 44% were males.

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 Presentation and Explanation of Data

FIGURE 1 HISTOGRAM SHOWING % OF STUDENTS WHO PREFER ONLINE

LEARNING OR FACE TO FACE LEARNING

% OF STUDENTS WHO PREFER ONLINE LEARNING OR

FACE TO FACE LEARNING
80%
70% 72%
PERCENTAGE RESPONSES

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50%
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40%
30%
28%
20%
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Pie chart showing # of persons that prefer online learning or face to face learning

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FIGURE 2 PIE CHART SHOWING HOW STUDENTS FEEL ABOUT ONLINE
LEARNING

HOW STUDENTS FEEL ABOUT ONLINE LEARN-

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Very good
8% Good
4%
Satisfactory
40% Fair
Not good
28%

20%

Figure 7 is a pie chart representing how students feel about online learning. 40% of the
respondents does not feel good about it, 20% thinks that it is fair, 28% feels satified, 8% thinks
its very good, and 4% thinks its good.

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FIGURE 3 BAR GRAPH SHOWING THE TYPE OF PROBLEMS STUDENTS FACE WITH
ONLINE LEARNING.

TYPE OF PROBLEMS STUDENTS FACE WITH ONLINE LEARNING

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Figure 8 in this representation it can be seen that 36% faces connection issues. 32% responded
that they lack of understanding of subject content. 12% responded Not communicating well with
teacher. 8% of the respondents finds it difficult in managing time. 8% responded that they are
unable to meet up with friends. 4% of the respondents selected that they has no access to printed
materials.

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

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 I have found many benefits with online learning, some of which are: I am safer at home,

less transportation expense, more time with my family. Along with the challenges which are:

internet issue, difficulty in managing time, no access to data, lack of understanding of subject

content etc. during my research I have talked with children in my community and they have also

explained to me the challenges and benefits that they have also faced, they are: not having any

internet, not communicating with teacher and not having any data, not understanding the work

that is given. And the benefits that they have seen so far are: They feel safer at home, less

transportation fee, they don’t have to interact with anybody.

According to data collected, 52% of the respondents has been residing in Newland for

over ten years, 20% has been residing in Newland 6-10 years, 20% selected 1-5 years, and only

8% selected over 1 year. the percentage of students who attend school online eighty-eight (88%)

attend school online. While twelve (12%) attend school face to face. It can be observed on

figure 1 that 72% of the respondents in prefer Face to Face, while the other 28% prefer online.

responses to question #7. “how often do you attend school now”. Sixty percent (60%) of the

participants selected Very Often, Thirty-two percent (32%) of the participants selected Not Often

and Eight percent (8%) selected None at all.

28% of the respondents feel satisfied about learning online, 40% did not feel good about learning

online.20% thought that it was a fair decision to be learning online. 8% selected that they felt

very good about learning online.4% selected good.

In many communities, especially my community I have found out that many students

have issues with learning over the internet. there are students that are having trouble and not

having physical learning. There are parents that can’t afford the cost of internet, tablets, phones

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etc. For some students It’s hard to get in contact with the school and even the teacher. So that the

child is able to get the work done. Figure 3 displays of responses to question #10. “What type of

challenges do you face with online learning”. 36% faces connection issues. 32% selected Lack

of understanding of subject content. 12% said that their not communicating well with teacher.8%

selected difficulty in managing time and 8% selected unable to meet up with friends. 1 person

(4%) said that they have no access to printed materials. 52% of the sample stated that their

school reaches out to students on google classroom., 27% said they reaches out to students on

what’s app,12% said their school reaches out to students on zoom,8% said that their school

reaches out to students on other platforms.0%selected that they used other platforms.

Findings

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 72% of the respondents in the community of Newland prefer Face to Face, While the
other 28% prefer online.
 40% of the respondents do not feel good about online learning
 36% of the respondents face connection issues.

RECOMMENDATIONS

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 Students should ensure that it becomes their number one responsibility to attend all their
classes. All students should try to reach out to their teacher/ teachers if facing any
challenges so that they can try to solve and make it easier.

 Schools should try their best to reach out to all students at least every two weeks or more
to prevent stress on students. Students under go challenges with online learning almost
every day. In doing this, it would ease up a bit of pressure of some students.

CONCLUSION

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This school-based assessment has been successfully completed with the help of the subject

teacher explanation and the help of students in my community.

In conclusion I have done an in-depth research on what are the views of students ages 13-16

regarding to online learning. I noticed that majority of the students prefer to do classes face to

face than to do it online. I also noticed that not all students do classes while some attends very

often.

It can be seen that there has been a decline in the attendance of students, more students attended

class more often before covid made class online.

While doing my research I tried to find out what are the different types of problems students face

with online learning. I was noticed that two major issue is that they have connection issues and

lack of understanding of subject content.

It can be concluded that most vary in the age group of 15 years old. Most students’ school

reaches out to them on google classroom and on zoom

Bibliography

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APPENDIX

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Pie chart showing students who attend school online and face to face

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 face to face online

12%

88%

Figure 3. In this representation the percentage of students that attend school online and those
who attend school face to face are shown out of 100%. 88% said they do classes online, while
the remaining 12% said they do classes face to face.

PIE CHART SHOWING HOW OFTEN STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOL NOW

8%

32%

60%

Very often Not often None at all

Figure 4 is a pie chart showing how often does students attend school now. 60% responded that
they attend school very often, 32% selected not often , 8% selected none at all.

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 Table showing the responses on how often students attend school before Covid-19
Very often 76%
Not often 16%
None at all 8%

Figure 5 is a table showing the response on how students attend school before Covid-19.
76% selected that they attended very often, 16% selected not often, and 8% selected none at all.
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