Determinants of Academic Performance: A Multinomial Logit Approach

Park, Kang H.; Kerr, Peter M.

doi:10.2307/1181978

Cited by 72 publications

(35 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The student then tries to cover many material in few hours. 32 Another common reason for absenteeism is sickness. Unexpected life situation can occur like illness of student or illness of a family member or a family problem and then the student is forced to miss classes.…”

Section: Factors Related To Teaching Stuffmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reasons of Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students: A Review

Sharmin

Azim

Choudhury

et al. 2017

Anwer Khan Mod Med Coll J

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

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...

show abstract

Section: Factors Related To Teaching Stuffmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reasons of Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students: A Review

Sharmin

Azim

Choudhury

et al. 2017

Anwer Khan Mod Med Coll J

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The overall finding is that attendance positively affects academic performance (e.g. Schmidt, 1983;Park and Kerr, 1990;Romer, 1993;Durden and Ellis, 1995;Devadoss and Foltz, 1996;Chan, Shum, and Wright, 1997;Bauer and Zimmermann, 1998). Determinants of lecture attendance and selfstudy are analyzed by Ryan, Delaney, and Harmon (2010).…”

Section: Related Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

The effect of student time allocation on academic achievement

Grave

2011

Education Economics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The working papers published in the Series constitute work in progress circulated to stimulate discussion and critical comments. Views expressed represent exclusively the authors' own opinions and do not necessarily refl ect those of the editors. Terms of use: Documents in Ruhr Economic Papers #235

show abstract

“…4 Prior to Romer, Schmidt (1983) had investigated student time allocation in a sample of 216 macroeconomic principles students, finding that time spent in lectures and discussion sections has a positive and significant effect on exam performance, even after controlling for hours of study. Park and Kerr (1990) had found an inverse relationship between students' attendance and their course grades in a money and banking course over a four-year period, even after controlling for the effect of unobservable motivation by means of students' self-reported hours of study and their perceived value of the course. 5 Following the controversial conclusions of Romer (1993), in the past decade a number of empirical studies in the economic education literature 3 In order to control for the effects of motivation, Romer also examined the results obtained by restricting his sample to students who had completed all the problem sets assigned during the semester.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effects of Attendance on Academic Performance: Panel Data Evidence for Introductory Microeconomics

Stanca

2004

SSRN Journal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper presents new evidence on the effects of attendance on academic performance. We exploit a large panel data set for Introductory Microeconomics students to explicitly take into account the effect of unobservable factors correlated with attendance, such as ability, effort and motivation. We find that neither proxy variables nor instrumental variables provide a viable solution to the omitted variable bias. Panel estimators indicate that attendance has a positive and significant impact on performance. Lecture and classes have a similar effect on performance individually, although their impact cannot be identified separately. Overall, the results indicate that, after controlling for unobservable student characteristics, teaching has an important independent effect on learning.JEL Classification: A22, I21.

show abstract

Determinants of Academic Performance: A Multinomial Logit Approach

Cited by 72 publications

References 0 publications

Reasons of Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students: A Review

Reasons of Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students: A Review

The effect of student time allocation on academic achievement

The Effects of Attendance on Academic Performance: Panel Data Evidence for Introductory Microeconomics

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About