Factors influencing student non-attendance at formal teaching sessions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4097893 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diane Sloan (0000-0002-7501-1527, Northumbria University, corresponding author), H Mann, Helen Manns (Northumbria University), A Mellor (Northumbria University), Michael Jeffries (0000-0003-3454-1107, Northumbria University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2203-2216 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2019.1599849 |
| OpenAlex | W2928123786 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 20 |
Motivated by falling levels of attendance at classes, this paper explores student reasons for non-attendance within Undergraduate Programmes at a post 1992 UK university. Questionnaires collected demographic profiling information and factors students thought influenced attendance. Closed questions established how important attendance was in influencing grades and how motivated students considered themselves to be. Findings reveal variables including age, gender, level of study and work commitments had no significant impact on reported attendance, levels of interest and motivation were important. Students identified lectures as the session they were least likely to attend and unseen exams the assessment type most likely to encourage attendance. Unprompted reasons for non-attendance included illness, tiredness, socialising; with institutional factors such as the impact of other university work, timetabling and topic. Key interventions include attendance monitoring, marks for attendance, alignment of lecturer style to content delivery, and establishing an explicit link between lecture content and assessment
Attendance · Medical education · Political science · Psychological intervention · Higher Education Research Studies · Innovations in Educational Methods · Medicine · Online and Blended Learning · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |