Determinants of Student Learning Satisfaction and Academic Performance in High School Chemistry: a Prediction Model Building Study for Online Learning

Abstract

Learning satisfaction is a key indicator to enriching student learning whether it is face-to-face or online mode of delivery. Learning has shifted more to remote online learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aimed to identify the determinants of Student Learning Satisfaction (SLS) in online learning and develop a model that represents the relationship of the determinants to SLS. The study explored both internal and external determinants hypothesized to influence SLS among 169 students in grades 9-12 taking Chemistry at the Philippine Science High School Cordillera Administrative Region Campus (PSHS CARC). The internal factors included gender, academic self-concept (ASC), academic motivation (AM), interest to learn (IL), and mental well-being (MW), while the external factors comprised of teacher-related indicators (Teacher), assessment-related indicators (Assessment), learning guide-related indicators (LG) and Knowledge Hub-related indicators (KHub).

The study utilized Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with SmartPLS software to develop the SLS model and Academic Performance (AP) model. Both online learning platforms used by PSHS CARC, the LG, and KHub, were found to influence student learning satisfaction.

The other important result is that external determinants (LG, KHub, Teacher, Assessment) dominated the SLS models while internal determinants (ASC, AM, IL, MW) dominated the Academic Performance model for the PSHS CARC Chemistry students. The external determinants influence the student's learning satisfaction while the internal determinants influence the academic performance of the Chemistry students. Assessment indirectly affected SLS. Another finding is that gender, LG, and ASC directly influenced AP.

The results validate that online learning tools (LG and KHub) are crucial determinants in ensuring learning satisfaction and academic success in the online learning of PSHS CARC Chemistry students.