Prospective elementary teachers' perspectives on online mathematics learning during coronavirus outbreak

Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks have changed learning models from face-to-face to online learning. This change has an impact on students' readiness in participating in learning. To deal with this situation, this study aims to investigate prospective elementary teachers' perspective on online mathematics learning. Thirty-eight prospective elementary teachers from a public teacher institution in Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia, participated in this study. The informants were asked to answer an open question at the end of the course related to their views on online mathematics learning during COVID-19 pandemic. The findings showed that the online course was less effective due to poor internet connection and limited internet quota. Those problems affected their performance on understanding the mathematics contents, interacting with the teacher and other students, and doing assignments. However, few prospective teachers provided positive attitude toward online mathematics learning. An implication for this study was the government must intervene and provide support for online learning success.