European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

PREFERRED ACADEMIC MOTIVATIONAL ORIENTATION AND LEARNING STRATEGIES OF CEU B.S. PHARMACY STUDENTS OF 2020-2021 IN ONLINE LEARNING AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abastillas Kzy, Ballelos Maureen, Delluza Alexandra Faye, *Gesite Airon John, Piñon John Dherick, Sarmiento Kimberlyn, Yarte Yvette

ABSTRACT

A new normal way of learning and teaching environment brought by Coronavirus-2019, education continues through online media platforms. Adapting to new things brought by our society and maintaining focus is already challenging enough during this health crisis; merely studying online is an added struggle. Thus, this study's main purpose is to assess the Preferred Academic Motivational Orientation and Learning Strategies of CEU B.S. Pharmacy Students of 2020-2021 in Online Learning amid COVID-19 Pandemic. The respondents are the B.S. Pharmacy students of CEU Manila, Makati, and Malolos who are currently enrolled in the first semester of S.Y. 2020-2021 from 1st-year to 3rd-year level. A stratified random sampling technique was used in the data collection, and the selection of participants was based on purposive sampling. The questionnaire was a modified questionnaire adapted from the studies of Moreno-murcia, J. A., Torregrosa, Y. S., & Belando, N. (2015) and Beshir, H., (2018) and improving it in a way that will further relate to the chosen study during online classes that include the open-ended questions. This was disseminated by the use of an online media platform, Google Form. The overall mean of faculty motivational orientations and learning strategies in the online teaching-learning mode is 4.09 and 4.44, respectively. The respondents' preferred motivational orientation is to emerge in the professors-students relationship, receive recognition and feedback. Obtaining mnemonics, a coordinated flow of discussion, and research methods, on the other hand, are their preferred learning strategies. The overall mean of the students' preferred motivational orientations and learning strategies based on the professor's competencies is 4.77 and 4.86, respectively. The respondents preferred motivational orientation in which they were acknowledged for their achievements and received words of encouragement. However, doing innovative exercises, getting supplementary notes and recordings, and shifting the mode of learning by blocking subjects are their preferred learning techniques. The study concluded that most students assess that CEU professors often utilized motivational orientations and learning strategies of faculty on the online mode of teaching-learning such as creating learner independence and promoting self-motivating strategies. On the other hand, the overall mean of students always preferred motivational orientations and learning strategies based on the professor's competencies such as creating a pleasant and supportive atmosphere.

Keywords: Motivational orientation, Learning strategies, B.S. Pharmacy Students, Pandemic.