Assessing the impact of virtual education on biology lessons for 11th grade female students in Bojnourd

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1 Mashhad Branch, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Mashhad, Iran

2 Master of Bacteriology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.

3 Master of Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

In late 2019, the widespread corona virus, centered on the Chinese city of Wuhan, spread and quickly spread around the world. Nowadays, virtual education is one of the most common and modern methods in different countries for teaching students in various educational levels around the world. Factors such as increased capabilities and access to the Internet have played an important role in the development of this method. The aim of this study was to determine the level of satisfaction and mobility of students in the study of zoology in this period of the prevalence of coronavirus.In this study, 40 questionnaires were completed by a female high school student of the second year (11th grade) who were selected from 60 students with different educational statuses (weak, medium and strong). In this questionnaire, students were asked to comment on the virtual education of biology lessons with the options in the questionnaire.According to the results obtained in this study, 52.5% of students agreed to hold a virtual biology class at this time and 25% of them were opposed to this method. Also, the level of significance in this study is 0.01, which indicates the impact of virtual education in biology. In general, it can be concluded that e-learning can be used as an educational method if the transfer of concepts is well conveyed.

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