Class Attendance and Exam Performance: A Randomized Experiment

Chen, Jennjou; Lin, Tsui-Fang

doi:10.3200/jece.39.3.213-227

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“…Attending classes yields a positive impact on exam performance [1,56,57]. There have been studies done on impact of student non-attendance at lectures on formative assessment tasks and final grades, and relationship between lecture attendance and final exam in various courses [4,30,31].…”

Section: B Impact Of Lecture Attendancementioning

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The Impact of Lecture Attendance on Exams for Novice Programming Students

Veerasamy¹,

D'Souza²,

Lindén³

et al. 2016

IJMECS

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Abstract-In this paper, the correlation between lecture attendance and assessment tasks on final exam performance of introductory programming students has been analyzed to identify if lecture attendance, and completion of in-class and take home formative assessment tasks affects student performance in the final examination. In this study, only lecture attendance, homework exercises and class demonstration scores, and final exam marks have been considered. This study used Spearman's Rank correlation coefficient and multiple regression techniques via SPSS software to analyze the student data of the academic years 2012, 2013 and 2014 of an introductory programming course to test the hypotheses. It is found that, there is a significant correlation between homework exercises and final exam scores. However, formal lecture attendance and final exam performance were negatively correlated. Moreover, multiple regression results of assessment tasks such as homework exercises, class activities and lecture attendance on final exam scores, did not provide any significant value to support the statement "Marks achieved in homework, class demonstrations, and lecture attendance, have a significant positive impact on final examination results".

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Section: B Impact Of Lecture Attendancementioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Lecture Attendance on Exams for Novice Programming Students

Veerasamy¹,

D'Souza²,

Lindén³

et al. 2016

IJMECS

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“…Having a template in the form of pre-released slides could potentially rectify this problem and improve revision techniques. 52 Accessibility of lecture content in the form of online slides, videos and audios have their own contribution to absenteeism. 22 Another study reported that continuous assessment marks were lower in pharmacology students, where students prevention might prevent unwanted consequences of absenteeism on medical student's academic performance.…”

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Reasons of Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students: A Review

Sharmin

Azim

Choudhury

et al. 2017

Anwer Khan Mod Med Coll J

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REVIEW ARTICLEnew problem. 3 Number of causative factors has been suggested. 4 With the revolution in the electronic equipment 5 there are varieties of computer based softwares to assist in making the lectures more presentable, interesting and interactive, thus making the traditional teaching effective. 6 Despite this development low attendance at lectures is still an issue. Absenteeism at higher education level affects the learning process of the students as well as the final result at the end of academic session. 7,8 Several studies identify internal and external factors associated with academic performance. Class absenteeism is one of the factor that has negative effect on the mastery of the academic curriculum. One of the most useful work done by Kelland et al 8 reported that a decrease in the examination result IntroductionOne of the most vital considerations among students in higher educational level is academic performance though there are some differences in performance among the students. 1 The goal of undergraduate medical education is to produce a physician with adequate knowledge of health and diseases, reasonable medical skills and a healthy attitude towards patients and their families. 2 Student attendance is thought to be an important factor in the academic performance of medical students on the basis that clinical contact and teaching are necessary to develop competence. Lectures remain one of the important modes of teaching in many medical colleges despite adaptation of new curriculum. It is easy to deliver knowledge through lecture to a large number of students and logistically saving resources. Low attendance in lectures is not a Absenteeism refers to the frequent absence from classes without any good reason. In spite of compulsory attendance rule, individual students, parents, institute and society suffer when students do not attend classes in medical college on regular basis. Student absenteeism is a concern in higher education especially medical education. Student's absenteeism results in inadequate learning and poor academic performance. Despite the strict rules, absenteeism is an on-going problem in many universities and a phenomenon that is also on the rise in universities worldwide. There is extensive literature on the link between absenteeism and lack of subject matter interest, poor teaching strategies, unfavorable learning environment,excessive socialization among students, part-time jobs, ill health, sleeplessness and poor relations with lecturers. In addition, accessibility of lecture content in the form of online slides, videos and audios has their own contribution to absenteeism. Early detection and prevention might prevent unwanted consequences of absenteeism on medical students' academic performance.Medical colleges should pay more attention and take immediate measures on those who starting to absent from classes because they might need support from them. Reasons of Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students: A ReviewKey Wards: Absenteeism, medical students ABSTRACT AKMMC...

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“…Achalu (2003) identified the use of drugs as the biggest cause of dropout. Given that absenteeism has been associated with poor academic performance (Robert, 2007), Chen & Lin (2008) suggested that attendance to school should be closely monitored, encouraged and enforced. In their own comment Armstrong & Pearson (2008) ;Crede Roch & Kieszczynka (2010) argued that regular attendance to school does not guarantee academic success because many may show up in school without actual participation in learning activities.…”

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School absenteeism among primary school pupils in cross river state: psychological implication for national development

Amalu¹,

Abang²

2016

Gl Jnl Educ Res

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Handling of issues and challenges in education at the primary school level believed to be the foundation on which other levels of education rest on will either promote or mar the onward movement of individuals to the other levels of education and the achievement of the objective of education as an instrument for national development. It is against this background that this study attempted to examine the causes of school absenteeism among primary school pupils in the three senatorial zones of Cross River State and proffer solution to remedy the problem. Two research questions were posed to direct the study. Data were collected with the researcher's developed and structured questionnaire captioned: School Absenteeism Questionnaire (SAQ). Multi-stage sampling technique involving stratified and simple random sampling procedures were used to select three hundred and twenty (320) pupils out of three hundred and two thousand, two hundred and ten (302,210) primary six pupils in public schools in Cross River State. They were drawn from 16 primary schools in eight (8) randomly selected local government areas across the three (3) senatorial Zones in Cross River State. Frequencies and simple percentages were utilized to answer the research questions. The finding revealed that financial constraints, lack of interest, illnesses, pampering from family members, location of school were the major causes of absenteeism among pupils. It was recommended among others that parents and their children and/or wards should be counselled on the effect of absenteeism on school performance and its long term consequences on national development.

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Class Attendance and Exam Performance: A Randomized Experiment

Cited by 149 publications

References 19 publications

The Impact of Lecture Attendance on Exams for Novice Programming Students

The Impact of Lecture Attendance on Exams for Novice Programming Students

Reasons of Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students: A Review

School absenteeism among primary school pupils in cross river state: psychological implication for national development

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