Clark, Gordon and Gill, Nick and Walker, Marion and Whittle, Rebecca (2011) Attendance and performance : correlations and motives in lecture-based modules. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 35 (2). pp. 199-215. ISSN 1466-1845
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Does attending lectures improve student performance? Using novel attendance data, we examine statistically the relationships between attendance and performance for first-year and third-year students. The relationship is moderately positive: very high attendance is significantly associated with an improvement in performance over very low attenders of between 5.3% and 12.8%, depending on circumstances. Then we provide qualitative evidence from in-depth interviews with students about their views and motives regarding lectures. We find a range of reasons why attendance may be less than complete, and conclude that attendance is related to performance in complex ways.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Geography in Higher Education |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Attendance ; Performance ; Lectures ; Geography ; Motives |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Educational Research |
| ID Code: | 34057 |
| Deposited By: | Dr Gordon Clark |
| Deposited On: | 24 Aug 2010 15:23 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 17:32 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/34057 |
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