Teaching general physics in a COVID-19 environment: insights from Taiwan

COVID-19 has upset the traditional ways of teaching and looks set to continue to have an impact in the coming years. The situation in Taiwanpartial disruption and then an early return to classesallows for a comparison of student performance in a conventional teaching and testing environment with the non-contact teaching/testing environment caused by COVID-19. For the part of the general physics class delivered remotely, test marks dropped …