New research from the University of Notre Dame looks at how the abrupt move from classroom teaching to online learning during the lockdown affected college students' performance in China. Surprisingly, the undergraduates performed better in math after switching to online classes—improving their scores by about eight to 11 points on a 100-point scale, according to Shijie Lu, the Howard J. and Geraldine F. Korth Associate Professor of Marketing at Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. Lu's research, "Effectiveness of Online Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Chinese Universities," is forthcoming in Production and Operations Management.
