Assessing from the Perspective of Students amidst Covid-19: Do the Online Tuition Classes Provide ‘Equal Understanding’ As to Physical Tuition Classes?

Abstract

Tuition is considered as a significant factor aiding to a formal education. In the light of the advancement in technology and due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the typical physical tuition class is now transitioning into online tuition class. This change has brought out different opinion especially on the question of ‘Do the online tuition classes provide 'equal understanding' as to the physical tuition classes?’ in which will be addressed in this research. The aim of this research is to assess whether or not online tuition classes provide equal understanding in terms of understanding the materials taught as to physical online classes from the perspective of students. A survey consisting of dichotomous and open ended questions are directed to 20 students of Year 6, 8 and 11 from three different tuition schools in Brunei Darussalam. It has been found out that even though students prefer to have physical tuition classes with their teachers to maximize the learning involvement, these students have also acknowledged that they still can actually understand the materials taught via online tuition class equally the same as materials taught in the physical class. The future studies are recommended to increase the number of research participants and to conduct proper interview sessions with them to obtain more in depth views on this research area.