scholarly journals Investigating factors influencing class attendance and performance of first-year Economics students

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Swanepoel ◽  
R. Beukes ◽  
D. Yu
Keyword(s):  
First Year ◽  
Class Attendance ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Economics Students ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Does Class Attendance Predict Academic Performance in First Year Psychology Tutorials?

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Alexander ◽  
Richard Edward Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
First Year ◽  
Class Attendance ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Technological Age ◽  
Student Absenteeism ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
And Performance

<p>Student absenteeism is common across universities. Learning through attending lectures and tutorials is still expected in our technological age, though there are major changes in how information in lectures and tutorials can be transmitted via the use of iLearn and related packages, by video streaming of classes and by online technology generally. Consequently, availability of these supplementary resources and, in general terms, the issue of physical absence from classes, raises the question of whether missing class impacts on student learning. Does it matter if students attend classes or not? The aim of the current study was to assess whether student attendance in tutorials in first year subjects in psychology was associated with academic performance, that is, was attendance linked with improved performance? We took data from tutor held records on attendance and on results for article review assignments and laboratory reports for a total of 383 students who completed introductory psychology courses in classes over the years 2012-2015. The hypothesis that class attendance and performance would be significantly related was supported in 13 of the 14 class relationships examined separately, and, in the class that was the exception the correlation was in the expected direction. These results suggest that attending class continues to have a positive impact on student learning in this technological age. The limitations of the current study are discussed as are implications regarding instructor resource applications and/or compulsory class attendance policies.</p>

scholarly journals Games And Students: Perceptions And Evidence From A DUT Case Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Jason Stratton Davis
Keyword(s):  
Production Function ◽  
Mode Of Delivery ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
First Year ◽  
Economics Students ◽  
Traditional Mode ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Results

The poor performance of first year economics students across higher education institutions is a well-established phenomenon (Parker, 2006). The traditional response has been to analyse this poor performance using a production function where factors are identified and their influence measured. The problem, however, may not be solved entirely by looking at the factors, but at the production function i.e. the relationship between learning and the mode of delivery. This article seeks to challenge the traditional mode of lecture-based learning by introducing economic games into the formal tuition programme. The evidence collected during research indicates positive results in terms of students perceptions and performance.

Ability, Effort, and Performance Among First-Year Law Students at Brigham Young University

1981 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 671-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward L. Kimball ◽  
Larry C. Farmer ◽  
D. Glade Monson
Keyword(s):  
Law Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Significant Drop ◽  
Brigham Young University ◽  
Class Attendance ◽  
Equivalent Time ◽  
Student Ability ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Study Techniques

This study considers the relationships between first-year law students' admission credentials, the amount of time they spend in study, and the grades they receive on examination. Findings include that there is a significant drop in effort during the first year, that while effort invested in study pays off in improved grades this effort is much less significant in explaining grades than is student ability as measured by LSAT and undergraduate grades, that students in the middle and bottom of the class are helped more by substantial study than are those in the top, that class attendance is much more valuable in raising grades than is equivalent time in other study, and that none of the various study techniques examined could be linked with major differences in results.

Relationship of stress and performance among first-year dental students

1986 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 264-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
GH Westerman ◽  
TG Grandy ◽  
JV Lupo ◽  
RE Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Dental Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relationship Of

KONTRIBUSI PENGUASAAN KALIMAT EFEKTIF TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN MENULIS TEKS EKSPOSISI SISWA KELAS X SMK NEGERI 2 PADANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Diana Citra ◽  
Afnita Afnita
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
First Year ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Descriptive Method

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was categorized into three. First, to describe the effective sentence mastery of the first year students at SMK Negeri 2 Padang. Second, to describe the writing skills of a exposition of the first year students at SMK Negeri 2 Padang. Third, to describe the contribution of the effective sentence mastery into the writing skills of a exposition text made by the first year students at SMK Negeri 2 Padang. The design of this research was quantitative with a descriptive method. Then, this study also was a correlational design. The population of this study was the first year students at SMK Negeri 2 Padang for about 498 students. The sample of this study was taken by using a proportional random sampling technique (15%), which was 70 students. The data of this study were the results of effective sentence mastery and the results of the writing skill of a exposition text. The instrument of this study was an objective test to measure effective sentence mastery and performance tests to measure expositon text. There were several results of this study. First, the effective sentence mastery of the first year students at SMK Negeri 2 Padang was in Good qualifications (B). Second, the writing skills of a exposition of the first year students at SMK Negeri 2 Padang was in a Good qualification (B). Third, describe the effective sentence mastery contributed 82,00% to the exposition text writing skills of the first year students of SMK Negeri 2 Padang. Kata Kunci: kontribusi, penguasaan kalimat efektif,  keterampilan menulis teks eksposisi 

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