Most surveyed US K-12 teachers reported knowledge, comfort, and confidence for online teaching during early COVID-19, but only 19% preferred online teaching to classroom teaching¶

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q2 i? Approximately 80% of surveyed teachers agreed they had knowledge and skills for online teaching, 73% felt comfortable, and nearly 70% were confident, while only 19% preferred online teaching to classroom teaching. → An 2021

Evidence¶

An 2021¶

An, Y., Kaplan-Rakowski, R., Yang, J., Conan, J., Kinard, W., & Daughrity, L. (2021). Examining K-12 teachers' feelings, experiences, and perspectives regarding online teaching during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-10008-5

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Descriptive analysis of a 10-item Likert-scale feelings survey (Cronbach α of 0.88) completed by 107 US K-12 teachers. The article reports "Approximately 80% of the participants agreed or strongly agreed that they had knowledge and skills for online teaching"; only 19% preferred online teaching (M = 2.28, SD = 1.272).

"Approximately 80% of the participants agreed or strongly agreed that they had knowledge and skills for online teaching (M = 4.07, SD = 0.988), 73% felt comfortable with teaching online (M = 3.91, SD = 0.986), and nearly 70% were confident with online teaching (M = 3.84, SD = 1.029)."

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