Table 5 Teachers’ reports of the length of interruptions to in-person classes they experienced and alternatives offered to students.
From: Elementary school teachers’ perspectives about learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Canada | USA | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | prop | n | prop | n | prop | |
Interruption of in-person classes | ||||||
∘ Never interrupted | 31 | 0.07 | 40 | 0.09 | 71 | 0.08 |
∘ Partially interrupted | 254 | 0.57 | 245 | 0.53 | 499 | 0.55 |
∘ Interrupted during the whole year | 159 | 0.36 | 172 | 0.38 | 331 | 0.37 |
Length of partial interruptions | ||||||
Mean (days) | 90 | 74 | 82 | |||
SD | 51 | 56 | 55 | |||
Alternative instruction method implemented during school closures1 | ||||||
∘ Online, synchronous | 317 | 0.70 | 320 | 0.70 | 637 | 0.70 |
∘ Online, asynchronous | 180 | 0.40 | 206 | 0.45 | 386 | 0.42 |
∘ Remote, other media | 40 | 0.09 | 53 | 0.12 | 93 | 0.10 |
∘ None of the above | 15 | 0.03 | 18 | 0.04 | 33 | 0.04 |
