Improving the quantity and quality of attendance data to enhance student retention

Bowen, Eleri; Price, Trevor; Lloyd, S. J.; Thomas, Steve

doi:10.1080/03098770500353714

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“…The integrationist strategy of targeted support, monitoring and early intervention for those at risk of withdrawal, also informs a case study at the University of Glamorgan, where Bowen et al (2005) consider how the effective monitoring of attendance, through electronic swipe cards, allows better targeting and earlier intervention for students who may be struggling academically or with their integration into academic life. They suggest that the analysis of electronic monitoring records allows 'global monitoring' of different groups, modules and departments.…”

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Exploring the retention of students studying higher education at partner colleges

Wood

2012

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

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The study considers the retention of 708 students studying for higher education awards at further education colleges in [2008][2009]. The study challenges the relevance of literature on retention at higher education institutions, to students studying at partner colleges. Using data provided on registration and end of year status, the study considers individual factors identified by Yorke & Longden (2008) that relate to withdrawal in the first year of study. The findings of the study suggest that the diversity of students and high degree of variability between courses, means that the institutional habitus (Thomas 2002) of partner colleges is highly contextual. Consequently, the relationship between individual factors and withdrawal is seen as both complex and contextual.

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Section: Research Into Retention In Higher Educationmentioning

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Exploring the retention of students studying higher education at partner colleges

Wood

2012

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

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“…Punitive measures, such as excluding late arriving students from class, are also evident (e.g., Middlesex University, 2011) while electronic tracking systems have been introduced at a number of universities (e.g., Bowen, Price, Lloyd, & Thomas, 2005). Institutions justify attendance policies on the basis of arguments related to their responsibility to be accountable to the society which funds public higher education, a concern for student welfare which might be the cause of absence from class and to develop students with an appreciation for work-related standards of behaviour, such as punctuality and reliability (Macfarlane, 2013).…”

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Student performativity in higher education: converting learning as a private space into a public performance

Macfarlane

2014

Higher Education Research & Development

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The paper sets out a conceptual analysis of student performativity in higher education as a mirror image of teacher performativity. The latter is well known and refers to targets, evaluations and performance indicators connected with the measurement of the teaching and research quality of university academics. The former is defined as the way that students are evaluated on the basis of how they perform at university in bodily, dispositional and emotional terms. Specifically, this includes rules on class attendance and assessment ('presenteeism'), an increasing emphasis on participation in class and in groups as part of learning and assessment regimes ('learnerism') and the surveillance of students' emotional development and values ('soulcraft'). Student performativity is symbolic of the 'performing self' in wider society and is transforming learning at university from a private space into a public performance. This negatively impacts student rights to be free to learn as autonomous adults.

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“…In the local level attendance is analysed soon after learning events to identify students who may be silently withdrawing and in that case it signals that these students could be at-risk especially if attendance data is linked to attainment data in institutions that follow the continuous assessment methods. Early identification of silent withdrawals enables the institution to take a proactive approach in retention, assisting students before the situation becomes irretrievable (Bowen et al, 2005). Global monitoring is the analysis of historical attendance data, where different groups, modules, department rather than individual students with the aim of identifying group trends and patterns, strategies to enhance student success, such as changes in the curriculum and better targeted resources, can be developed.…”

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“…Student non-attendance can be an indicator of many problems, both individual to the learner and to the university at large. To support students and address institution-specific problems, attendance data should be researched and results feedback into the planning process; this information can then be used to create and maintain effective planning and support systems to help learners succeed (Bowen, Price, Lloyd, & Thomas, 2005;Reid, 2008). But in many higher education institutions it seems that "policy on attendance is often non-existent and where it is considered, it certainly seems to vary not only from university to university but even from department to department (Cohn & Johnson, 2006).…”

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An Automated Model to Observer Attendance Performance and Retention of theFirst Year Qatar University Students

Jamil¹,

Ali²,

Chabi³

2014

International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Comm

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This article focuses on attendance, performance and retention of first year students of Math and Computer Department at the Foundation Program, Qatar University. A strategy has been developed to monitor attendance, performance and retention the students. To capture and analyse the data, a Monitoring system has developed and reported in this paper. Whenever student shows signs of absence with the poor performance then the Monitoring System start showing consequences with the aim of providing support for student at risk of failure or withdrawal at the early stage. Therefore, an intervention strategy assists to improve in attendance and performance with the dialogue among faculty, admin staff and students who are experiencing difficulties. The students physical attendance are most important factor to understand the learning material, to improve critical thinking and to elucidate problem solving based questions which leads to academic achievements in the research, learning system and to develop a knowledge base society. Data of each student is entered by the teacher in the Monitoring System from the day one of their classes. This Monitoring system is developed using Oracle and Java to cater both presence of students and their achievements. Many faculties from Math and Computer department of Qatar University provided feedback to develop the system and still reinforce the on-going improvement. The developed Monitoring system is highly user friendly and easy to access within the university intranet. There are several reports that can be generating from the academic coordinator, HOD and system manager which give invaluable information about the students" and teachers" commitments. The attendance data can only be entered in the campus through intranet during the class hours which reduces the chance of errors, manipulations and biasness. If the teacher is unable to enter data then he/she has to explain the reasons for delay in entering data. Student can also monitor their earlier attendance percentage and outcome of the each result and can discuss if any discrepancy. This paper is very interesting to other tutors who want to use electronic attendance, control performance in each step and follow up students at risk. The research found that attendance are highly correlated with the student overall academic performance and retention of the student.

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Improving the quantity and quality of attendance data to enhance student retention

Cited by 52 publications

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Exploring the retention of students studying higher education at partner colleges

Exploring the retention of students studying higher education at partner colleges

Student performativity in higher education: converting learning as a private space into a public performance

An Automated Model to Observer Attendance Performance and Retention of theFirst Year Qatar University Students

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