Student Attendance: Is It Important, and What Do Students Think?

Muir, Jenny

doi:10.11120/tran.2009.06020050

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“…Additionally, a small proportion agreed that there have been occasions where they could not afford the fare to travel to university. Muir, (2009) noted a marked drop in the attendance levels of those students who returned to their parent's home every weekend, compared to those who lived with their parents fulltime whilst studying who had the highest level of attendance. Finally, Wadesango and Machingambi, (2011) noted that socio-economic influences affect student attendance if, for example, they have to work to support themselves and their families.…”

Section: Personal Issuesmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Personal time management is another important factor with 41% of students in a study by Bati et al, (2013) responding that they agreed or strongly agreed with a scale item related to time management influencing their attendance. Muir, (2009) found attendance was affected by spending time on other university work instead of attending lectures, therefore indicating a general issue around planning their time.…”

Section: Personal Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is substantial evidence to suggest that low levels of attendance are related to poorer grades received for submitted work (Nyamapfene, 2010;Muir, 2009;Newman-Ford, et al, 2008;Woodfield, Jessop and McMillan, 2007;Marburger, 2006). Furthermore, absenteeism can result in failing to develop the appropriate professional skills required for a particular career as key non-academic skills may have been missed in classes not attended (Confederation of British Industry/National Union of Students, 2011).…”

Section: Importance Of Attendancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Friedman et al, (2001) also demonstrated that working on coursework for another module was a significant predictor of poorer attendance. If a class is seen as irrelevant and not linked to an assessment point students may choose to work on other assignments instead, possibly reflecting poor time management (Muir. 2009).…”

Section: Teaching On the Coursementioning

confidence: 99%

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Psychological and demographic predictors of undergraduate non-attendance at university lectures and seminars

Oldfield

Rodwell

Curry

et al. 2017

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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Background-Absenteeism from university teaching sessions is increasingly becoming a common phenomenon and remains a major concern to universities. Poor attendance has significant and detrimental effects on students themselves, their peers and teaching staff. There is however, a lack of previous research that has investigated demographic and psychological predictors of non-attendance alongside salient reasons student offer for their absence; it is this 'gap' that the present study attempts to fill. Method-618 undergraduate university students from a single UK university studying various courses completed a bespoke questionnaire that assessed their estimated percentage attendance at lectures and seminars over the academic year. Students answered demographic questions, completed psychometric tests of perceived confidence (Perceived Confidence for Learning: Williams and Deci 1996) and university belongingness (Psychological Sense of School Membership; Goodenow 1993a), and rated the degree to which possible reasons for non-attendance applied to themselves. Results-Multiple regression analyses were carried out separately for estimated attendance at lectures and seminars. Results demonstrated that significant predictors of poorer attendance for both scenarios were; experiencing a lower sense of belongingness to university; working more hours in paid employment; having more social life commitments; facing coursework deadlines and experiencing mental health issues. Conclusions-Improving a sense of belonging to university and targeting interventions at students working in paid employment may be effective at increasing attendance. Providing support for students with mental health issues, structuring courses around coursework deadlines, and helping students to management their attendance around social activities could also be advantageous.

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Section: Personal Issuesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Personal Issuesmentioning

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Section: Importance Of Attendancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Teaching On the Coursementioning

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Psychological and demographic predictors of undergraduate non-attendance at university lectures and seminars

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Rodwell

Curry

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Journal of Further and Higher Education

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“…At 30 credit points the capstone project is expected to take on average 300 hours of work. Given that student attendance at classes and meetings was cited as a significant problem by Muir [16], there is recognition among students that at least attendance, associated with effort, should be rewarded. Muir suggests "there is a tendency for students who attend classes more regularly to gain better marks."…”

Section: Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Undergraduate Capstone Computing Project Experience

McFall¹

2015

IJCDSE

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Virtual Learning Environments: Linking participation to evaluation

Moffat

Robinson

2015

International Review of Economics Education

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Student Attendance: Is It Important, and What Do Students Think?

Cited by 17 publications

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Psychological and demographic predictors of undergraduate non-attendance at university lectures and seminars

Psychological and demographic predictors of undergraduate non-attendance at university lectures and seminars

The Undergraduate Capstone Computing Project Experience

Virtual Learning Environments: Linking participation to evaluation

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