Comparing University Students’ Performance in the Statistical Processing and Visualization of Laboratory Data before, during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The MS presents a research showing that achievement was not influenced by the online learning, suggesting that other factors matter

The topic is interesting and the MS overall well-written and structured

Hence, I suggest publication pending the revisions listed below

Introduction. I would specify the focus on university students and discuss the literatute regarding college students separately from that about high school or middle/elementary school students. I guess that online teaching was a burden mostly for the younger (and their parents).

Then I would include a separate section detailing aims and hypotheses

Participants,. The choice of third year university students in that specific majoring should be explained

Discussion. I would suggest emphasizing in the Discussion the importance of self-regulation strategies (Guven & Babayigit, 2020)and of a motivating style (Moè et al., 2022), since probably these were the factors leading to maintaining a good performance in spite of the online teaching

GUVEN, M., & BABAYIGIT, B. B. (2020). Self-regulated learning skills of undergraduate students and the role of higher education in promoting self-regulation. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 20(89), 47-70.

Moè, A., Consiglio, P., & Katz, I. (2022). Exploring the circumplex model of motivating and demotivating teaching styles: The role of teacher need satisfaction and need frustration. Teaching and Teacher Education, 118, 103823.

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Reviewer 2 Report

The three-stage pre-during-post studies are interesting, for further improvement, these recommendations can be considered:
Abstract needs to be shorter and clearer in expressions and results
Gaps in the study and prospects are missing in the introductory part.
The theoretical framework is too sparse, and the evaluation of student performance in terms of time needs to be deepened. It can also be enriched with studies on the sustainability of learning.
In the methodology section: Why was that particular type of task chosen for analysis? The time performance equation also depends on other parameters, such as Internet speed. Is it common to use this type of equation in the literature?
Given the small number of participants, it is possible to conduct a comparative analysis of the errors made in different years.

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

First question: The theoretical framework is too sparse, and the evaluation of student performance in terms of time needs to be deepened. It can also be enriched with studies on the sustainability of learning.

Answer: The relationship between time management behavior and academic performance of university students has been discussed in the paper. Studies on the sustainability of online learning have also been cited in the discussion.

Second questions: Was asked about sustainability learning in the three phases not only in that online learning.

The other issues are all okay.

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