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A Hybrid Study of Undergraduates’ Time Management Scenarios during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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: Received: 6 August 2023 / Approved: 11 August 2023 / Online: 11 August 2023 (09:33:13 CEST)
How to cite: Ren, Z.; Yang, Y. A Hybrid Study of Undergraduates’ Time Management Scenarios during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints 2023, 2023080910. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0910.v1 Ren, Z.; Yang, Y. A Hybrid Study of Undergraduates’ Time Management Scenarios during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints 2023, 2023080910. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0910.v1
Abstract
This study is a two-phase hybrid study on the behavioral activities of undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. A questionnaire survey of students during the whole school period and a semistructured interviews with 13 undergraduates of different majors were conducted. First, we found that compared with primary and secondary school students, undergraduates showed many problems with self-time management. Second, the behavior of undergraduates at home may result from multiple factors, such as past experience, professional identity and behavioral habits. When secondary school provided a relatively relaxed learning environment or secondary school teachers placed more emphasis on continuous effort, and when students had a strong sense of the social value of their undergraduate major, students worked harder and achieved more during the pandemic. Otherwise, it was easier for students to slack off and be passive during the pandemic. Altogether, this study deepens our understanding of undergraduates' self-management of free time, and the differences in the values underlying different behaviors and the formation process of various behaviors.
Keywords
COVID-19; undergraduates; self-time management; behavior; values
Subject
Social Sciences, Education
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