Learning Amidst Pandemic: A Correlation Study on the Relationship of the Students' Cognitive Skill and Gender

ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented global disruption. When we reflect on the past two years and the severe effects of the pandemic that continues to this day, it is clear that education was one of the most affected sectors. Both the general public and educational establishments were ill-prepared to accept the sudden shift to various platforms. Empirical evidence on the impact of COVID-19-related school closures on academic achievement has been the recent trend in the field of academic research. The present work aimed to determine the level of cognitive skill of Junior High school students in one of the public schools in the Philippines. Employing a quantitative descriptive correlational design, respondents were also chosen using total enumeration sampling. Results indicate that the students are satisfactory in terms of their academic performances. Moreover, a very weak relationship exists between their cognitive skill and their gender where males and LGBTQ were found to be different from each other. Copyright © 2022, Anka Publishers. All rights reserved.