Parental Perception of Remote Education in Pandemic: An Analysis Based on Children’s Cognitive Performance
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly changed patterns of human interaction, including in the educational sector, which was forced to transform relationships among students, families, and the academic community. The present study sought to establish the interrelationships between performance on cognit...
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author | Jasmin Bonilla-Santos Alfredis González-Hernández Dorian Yisela Cala-Martinez Duvan Fernando Gómez Morales Tatiana Padilla-García |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic significantly changed patterns of human interaction, including in the educational sector, which was forced to transform relationships among students, families, and the academic community. The present study sought to establish the interrelationships between performance on cognitive tests during the preschool stage and the perceptions of parents about remote education in school children during the pandemic. The study included 100 preschool children from socially vulnerable sectors who underwent remote and distance learning in 2020 and 2021. The reliability of the applied questionnaire was determined through a confirmatory factor analysis. A structural equation model was constructed to determine the perceptions of parents about remote education based on cognitive performance during the preschool stage. The model fit yielded favorable results for predictive variables (<i>χ</i><sup>2</sup> = 7.734, DF = 9 [<i>p</i> = 0.561], the comparative goodness-of-fit index [CFI] = 1.000, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.000, standardized mean square residual [SRMR] = 0.069), and executive function (<i>χ</i><sup>2</sup> = 3.711, DF = 5 [<i>p</i> > 0.592], CFI = 1.000, RMSEA = 0.000, SRMR = 0.039) as latent variables that affected parents’ perceptions. These results indicate that parents’ perceptions of remote education are mediated by predictive aspects of learning and executive function during the preschool stage. |
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spelling | doaj.art-a6a838c59be444feaff79fcf2cefe3692023-11-19T16:05:40ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672023-10-011010168910.3390/children10101689Parental Perception of Remote Education in Pandemic: An Analysis Based on Children’s Cognitive PerformanceJasmin Bonilla-Santos0Alfredis González-Hernández1Dorian Yisela Cala-Martinez2Duvan Fernando Gómez Morales3Tatiana Padilla-García4Department of Psychology, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Street 11 No. 1-51, Neiva 410010, ColombiaDepartment of Psychology, Universidad Surcolombiana, Avenue Pastrana Borrero, Street 1, Neiva 410001, ColombiaDepartment of Psychology, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Street 11 No. 1-51, Neiva 410010, ColombiaDepartment of Psychology, Universidad Surcolombiana, Avenue Pastrana Borrero, Street 1, Neiva 410001, ColombiaDepartment of Psychology, Universidad Surcolombiana, Avenue Pastrana Borrero, Street 1, Neiva 410001, ColombiaThe COVID-19 pandemic significantly changed patterns of human interaction, including in the educational sector, which was forced to transform relationships among students, families, and the academic community. The present study sought to establish the interrelationships between performance on cognitive tests during the preschool stage and the perceptions of parents about remote education in school children during the pandemic. The study included 100 preschool children from socially vulnerable sectors who underwent remote and distance learning in 2020 and 2021. The reliability of the applied questionnaire was determined through a confirmatory factor analysis. A structural equation model was constructed to determine the perceptions of parents about remote education based on cognitive performance during the preschool stage. The model fit yielded favorable results for predictive variables (<i>χ</i><sup>2</sup> = 7.734, DF = 9 [<i>p</i> = 0.561], the comparative goodness-of-fit index [CFI] = 1.000, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.000, standardized mean square residual [SRMR] = 0.069), and executive function (<i>χ</i><sup>2</sup> = 3.711, DF = 5 [<i>p</i> > 0.592], CFI = 1.000, RMSEA = 0.000, SRMR = 0.039) as latent variables that affected parents’ perceptions. These results indicate that parents’ perceptions of remote education are mediated by predictive aspects of learning and executive function during the preschool stage.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/10/1689executive functionmotor skillsremote educationperceptionCOVID-19 |
spellingShingle | Jasmin Bonilla-Santos Alfredis González-Hernández Dorian Yisela Cala-Martinez Duvan Fernando Gómez Morales Tatiana Padilla-García Parental Perception of Remote Education in Pandemic: An Analysis Based on Children’s Cognitive Performance Children executive function motor skills remote education perception COVID-19 |
title | Parental Perception of Remote Education in Pandemic: An Analysis Based on Children’s Cognitive Performance |
title_full | Parental Perception of Remote Education in Pandemic: An Analysis Based on Children’s Cognitive Performance |
title_fullStr | Parental Perception of Remote Education in Pandemic: An Analysis Based on Children’s Cognitive Performance |
title_full_unstemmed | Parental Perception of Remote Education in Pandemic: An Analysis Based on Children’s Cognitive Performance |
title_short | Parental Perception of Remote Education in Pandemic: An Analysis Based on Children’s Cognitive Performance |
title_sort | parental perception of remote education in pandemic an analysis based on children s cognitive performance |
topic | executive function motor skills remote education perception COVID-19 |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/10/1689 |
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