Kofoed, Michael S. <br/><br/>
Zooming to Class? Experimental Evidence on College Students' Online Learning during COVID-19 

 -  American Economic Review: Insights  2024 
 - 324-340 
<br/><br/> One persistent question in higher education is the efficacy of online education. In the fall of 2020, we randomized 551 West Point students in a required introductory economics course across 12 instructors to either an online or in-person class as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Final grades for online students dropped by 0.215 standard deviations, a result apparent in both assignments and exams and largest for academically at-risk students. A postcourse survey finds that online students struggled to concentrate in class and felt less connected to their instructors and peers. Our results show detrimental effects for online learning. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>2640-205X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Economic Education<br/> Higher Education<br/> Research Institutions<br/> Teaching of Economics<br/> Undergraduate<br/>Health Behavior