Topic 1: Student behaviour: To attend or not to attend?
I. Context and Problem/Opportunity
In the following text are going to address the issue of decline of university attendance rates and examine the factors that positively influence lecture attendance. Consistent class attendance has been established as a significant factor in student achievement in school settings. (Gottfried, 2010) In addition, attendance rate has been determined to be related with better school performance on standardized test scores. (Gottfried, 2011) In term of this monitoring attendence rate of student becomes more important in assisting students to reach high performance and achievement. On the other hand, lack of attendence rate of student awares school that students who may needs intervention and to prevent the risk of failure on studying. (Musser, 2011)
II.Literature Review
The lecture is the traditional and continues to be the key method of teaching and learning in most universities. University lecture attendance is a significant issue in universities all around the world and the drivers of this have been the subjects of a number of studies e.g. (Gump, 2004) (Dolnicar, 2009)
According to Northern Territory Catholic Education Office (NTCEO) the university students’ attendance rates have declined from 95% in 1975 to only 53% in 2005. (NTDET, 2010) This trend of low engagement from school attendance represents an educational danger of reaching a point of no sign of returning. Another
Obtaining an education is essential in today’s society. Most students who attend school on a regular basis usually succeed in life. On the other hand, many students fail to attend school every day which can lead to problems in schools. However, some students have acceptable reasons for dropping out. As a result, a student’s punctuality can ultimately alter his or her education. On that note, dropping out of high school can affect an individual in many ways throughout the years. Schools are facing challenges dealing with high dropout rates, high rates of truancy, and low graduation rates because students are failing to attend school.
Student attendance is important to reaching key academic milestones, graduating from high school and having access to opportunities as adults. Studies show that students who are chronically absent (miss 18 days or more during the school year for any reason) are less likely to graduate from high school. SPS Housing and Education Manager Kathlyn Paananen speaks to the significance of caring adults in a student’s life as having a proven, positive impact on student success, “Best practices to address attendance include having a supportive community that positively reinforce regular school attendance!”
It is suggested by data from NAEP testing that school absences is one of the factors that has a negative impact on student learning and therefore on overall grade point average and test scores. In a table that shows the coloration of school days missed with the percent of student with a 3.0 of higher grade point average, in the Sioux Falls school district in South Dakota, data suggests that as
Student tardy rates have significantly hindered their attendance at CSI zero period classes. This has affected student achievement levels, and the rate at which students are retained in the CSI program, thus leading to a high student retention rate in CSI from year to year. This also results in large CSI class sizes that are not beneficial to student learning. In addition, when interviewing CSI teachers, it is apparent that numerous attempts were made to communicate with parents and remedy the attendance problem, however students continued to show up late to school, or miss zero period completely.
In addition, attending class regularly doesn’t always mean you’ll do well in your classes. Taking attendance only makes them present. Students are in class physically but aren't processing and understanding what the professor has to say. Their minds are somewhere else, easily distracted and not listening. Taking attendance is an ineffective to make students learn in class with all of today’s technology. 90 percent of the work is done outside of class anyways. College is
If a student does not attend class they present themselves as not interested in learning; or not to put in any effort at all on trying to improve. I have attended every class except one, which I had a family emergency. I made sure that I was mental present not just physically. A student can be in class everyday but not pay attention to anything, which shows they have no interest in trying to learn new skills nor have no interest to try and improve the skills they do have.
There are many changes in the patterns of religious adherence in Australia since 1945 to the present day. The major trends of religious changes are the decreases number of Christian adherence which is shown in the census data that 96% (in 2001) to 61% (in 2011). This rapidly decreases are most evident in the Anglican Church, the Presbyterian Church and the Uniting Church. However, Christianity is still the most popular religion in Australia. Other significant changes in Christianity since 1945 to the present day is that population of Catholic people increased from 20.9% in 1947 to 25.8 % in 2011. The increasing of Catholic’ population indicated to the highly increasing of the Catholics private schools. About 70% of school students are in government schools, about 20%
The other reasons that they added for student dropout of high school low GPA and work related. This implies that students have a lots pressures including personal, environmental and financial problem that make it harder for them to earn their diploma. Especially for those who grew up in the family with a low-income; it’s challenging due to lack of social support and resources. As I research, I acknowledge the problems about high schools dropout is very complex. However, over all, the main factors for student’s lack of academic achievements are family structures, communities and schools. Negative impacts come when students feel that their parents, schools and the communities are not there for them. When children obtain support, they will have
Doyle, D. & Wedd, A. (2011). The culture of Catholic schools. Mt Lawley: Edith Cowan University.
The study was compiled by Dr. H. Paul LeBlanc III of the University of Texas. This study had a number of scatter plots which told the story of attendance being important to acquiring good grades. It was interesting to see on one of the southern university plots a student who had missed a rather large number of days (over 15) when the average number of days missed was below 5 all while having a test score average around 90, when the average was around 76 with a 10 standard deviation, I guess this student would be that preverbal outlier. The outcome of these studies also showed a strong relationship between attendance and
Brisbane Catholic Education ensures that schools are an inclusive, supportive and engaging environment for all students, staff and caregivers. It strives to build a community that values, celebrates and responds to diversity (Brisbane Catholic Education, 2015). Catholic schools cater for students who have a diverse range of personal characteristics and experiences. These characteristics and experience include various physical, religious, cultural, personal health or wellbeing, intellectual, psychological, socio-economic or life experiences (Queensland Catholic Education Commission, ______). This diversity provides an opportunity to embellish the communal life of the school (Brisbane Catholic Education, 2015). This essay will
The author has clearly stated the issue as well as his position on the issue. He has also provided the reader with multiple relatable examples to support his position. On the other hand, the basis of the author’s argument is anecdotal. Piper loses some credibility when he says “I imagine a few instructors adopt attendance policies to stroke their own egos- to ensure a crowd is present when they enlighten the eager masses.” While the hint of
and personal success in life. Regular attendance by every student is mandatory. In accordance with
Thesis Statement: More and more students drop out each year. Those who dropped out have various reasons. The alarming rates of drop outs have led them to a bleak future wherein such incident requires the attention and immediate action of various school authorities.
The questions are categorized in three major sections, which are shown in sample survey as “Chapel Attendance”, “Chapel Analysis,” and “Worship reflection.” Chapel attendance criteria is composed with seven questions that asks of a student’s consistency in chapel attendance as Kuyper College does not require students from attending chapels. As a result, Kuyper College chapel struggled through its attendance rate at year 2014, recording lowest number of approximately 15 people or less out of around 250 student body. Fortunately, the number of chapel attendance at year 2015 is now restored and average chapel attendance records around 90-120. However, fluctuating number of the chapel attendance shows that there are no guarantee for the Kuyper chapel to face similar problem. Therefore, questions 4-6 ask whether a student attends the chapel regularly and if so, which day they tend to attend the chapels most. If a student replies that he or she does not attend chapel regularly, then the question 7 asks the student reason behind lack of their attendance rate. The question 7 provides multiple choices for a student to choose from such as homework, sleep-in, work, and more.