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Background & Terminology
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What is attendance? / Importance of attendance
The Oxford dictionary (2016) define attendance as:
“The action or state of going regularly to or being present at a
place or event.”
What do we know…
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students who attend classes gain direct insight from the lecturer
(otherwise might miss out - go through content by themselves)
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studies shown a clear correlation between the grades of student’s vs
attendance -
Credé et al: 2010; Broucek and Bass, 2008
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interacting with the lecturer, the student can ask questions related to
concepts that he or she didn’t understand
especially important for
first years