Track: Modeling and Simulation

Abstract

Not only do students experience mental issues during the pandemic but as well as perceived academic stress through online learning at MAPUA University. Considering the norm of conducting classes in an online setup without face-to-face with classmates and professors, the faculty and counselors of MAPUA University are not fully updated about the student's whereabouts and mental health, which prohibits them from being aware of the student's current condition during the pandemic. Students from various departments were taken as samples to answer a survey via Google Forms containing the respondent's personal information such as their age, gender, type of course, current enrollment status, and recent academic performance (LWA). Then, respondents will choose among subfactors (i.e. examination times are very stressful to me) with the Likert scale from 1 to 5. Various statistical tools, such as Regression Analysis, ANOVA, and Pearson Correlation Analysis, were utilized to determine if factors and subfactors are statistically significant towards PAS. Results showed that all subfactors are significant and contribute to PAS, while for the regression, the difficulty of exams has the highest effect on LWA. Enrolment status and year level of the student also has a significant effect on PAS. Lastly, Academic Self-perception vs. Academic Performance, Pressure to Perform vs. Perception of Workload, Pressure to Perform vs. Time Restraints, Perception of Workload vs. Time Restraints are found to have a moderate correlation.