Class attendance and performance, which comes first?

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dc.contributor.authorCheung, John Chun Kuenen
dc.contributor.conferenceAnnual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (20th : 2009 : Adelaide, Australia)en
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Mechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.description.abstractIn a newly introduced elective course of Wind Engineering, an analysis was carried out to investigate the relationship between students’ class attendance and their likely performance before and after the course. During the study, class attendance was not mandatory and its records were noted without the knowledge of the students. Course material contents were uploaded online for students’ access, of which the statistics of the access frequency were also track recorded. Results have indicated that students with likely high performance before the course are associated with higher class attendance. They would not access online course materials as much as the low attendance group, but they generally would achieve better performance afterwards. For the group who come to class less often, they are seen to attain relatively lower grades in academic performance. However, their performance is shown to improve with their frequency to access lecture materials online.en
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityJohn C.K. Cheungen
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the 20th Annual Conference for the AAEE, 2009: Engineering the curriculum: pp.974-979en
dc.identifier.isbn1876346590en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/58865
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Adelaideen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2009 Australasian Association for Engineering Educationen
dc.source.urihttp://aaee.com.au/conferences/AAEE2009/PDF/AUTHOR/AE090052.PDFen
dc.titleClass attendance and performance, which comes first?en
dc.typeConference paperen

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