2025 IJRSE – Volume 14 Issue 16
Available Online: 1 November 2025
Author/s:
Estrada, Lloyd T.
Holy Angel University, Philippines (lloydtestrada1981@gmail.com; ltestrada@hau.edu.ph)
Abstract:
One important factor that plays a crucial role in gauging the quality of programs in higher education offering online courses is student satisfaction (Alqurashi, 2019; Kuo et al., 2014; Parahoo et al., 2015). The study investigated the college students’ perceived satisfaction with online learning in General Education mathematics courses in terms of types of interaction and general satisfaction. The study sample comprised 304 students enrolled in General Education mathematics courses from one university. Results show that 65.1% were at least satisfied with learning the courses in an online learning environment. The learner-content interaction and learner-interface garnered the highest and lowest satisfaction ratings, respectively. Students enrolled in General Education additional mathematics courses reported dissatisfaction with online learning. There was no significant difference in satisfaction ratings with online learning in terms of year level (t(242)=0.95, p<.35). However, students enrolled in General Education mathematics courses significantly obtained higher satisfaction rating than those enrolled in additional courses (t(59)=-9.87, p<.001). The findings provided clear support for how the students interact with the course content, their teachers, their peers, and the learning management system provided satisfying online experience. Results of this study provided baseline data on student satisfaction with online learning and for planning and policy evaluation of a model of online delivery of education. Lastly, findings of the study could be beneficial for General Education mathematics teachers in designing online learning activities that could increase student satisfaction with online learning in mathematics courses.
Keywords: student satisfaction, online learning, interactions, general education mathematics courses, higher education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrse.2025.25298
Cite this article:
Estrada, L. T. (2025). Student satisfaction in online general education mathematics courses. International Journal of Research Studies in Education, 14(16), 245-260. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrse.2025.25298