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Why Students Attend Class Ed PDF

This document discusses factors that influence student attendance and factors that do not seem to matter. Students with higher GPAs, who freely chose their classes, and are in professional programs are less likely to skip, while attendance policies and small class sizes also increase attendance. Conversely, a student's sex, age, employment, credits, residence, or standing do not affect attendance. Reasons for attending include feeling obligated, participation affecting grades, and interest in content. Reasons for skipping include attendance not impacting grades, material available elsewhere, disliking content or the instructor being boring.

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Why Students Attend Class Ed PDF

This document discusses factors that influence student attendance and factors that do not seem to matter. Students with higher GPAs, who freely chose their classes, and are in professional programs are less likely to skip, while attendance policies and small class sizes also increase attendance. Conversely, a student's sex, age, employment, credits, residence, or standing do not affect attendance. Reasons for attending include feeling obligated, participation affecting grades, and interest in content. Reasons for skipping include attendance not impacting grades, material available elsewhere, disliking content or the instructor being boring.

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Why Students Attend Class, Why They Don’t and

The Factors That Don’t Seem to Matter

Factors That Influence Student Attendance Factors That Don’t Seem to Matter
 Students with higher GPAs are less likely to skip.  Student’s Sex
 Students are less likely to skip classes they freely  Student’s Age
chose to take.  Student’s Employment Status
 Students were less likely to skip professional school  Credit Hours Enrolled
classes than humanities, social sciences, or natural  Student’s Residence (living on- or off-campus)
sciences – unless the instructor takes roll.  Student’s Class Standing
 Attendance policies motivate students to attend.  Student’s Tuition Status
 Students are more likely to skip a large class than a  Time of the Class
small class.

Reasons Students DO Attend Class*


 I believe I should attend (Not going makes me feel guilty.)
 The teacher notices and cares when I am there.
 Absences above a minimum affect my grade.
 I like participating in this class.
 I want to ask questions in class.
 We work on assignments or projects in class.
 The amount of my class participation affects my grade.
 I am interested in the course content.

Reasons Students DO NOT Attend Class*


 Attendance is not taken or does not influence my grade.
 The teacher doesn’t notice or care whether I am there.
 Course content is available from another source (e.g. I can get it from the text, the web, a tutor, a classmate’s
notes).
 I felt tired or overslept because I had fun the night before.
 The teacher digresses, is repetitious, confusing, or goes too quickly, so I don’t learn much when I attend.
 I dislike the subject matter.
 I like the subject matter, but the teacher is boring; I’d attend more often if someone else presented the
material.
 Instead of attending, I did an assignment or studied for a test in another course.
 Instead of attending, I wanted to take a break during the time class was meeting.
 It is my first or last class of the day.

*Reasons reported by students, as related to attendance behavior, in descending order.

Friedman, Paul, Fred Rodriguez, and Joe McComb. “Why Students Do and Do Not Attend Classes: Myths and Realities.”
College Teaching 49:4 (Fall 2001): 124-33.

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