On students' attendance in classes, seminars and talks.
This tag is about students' attending of a class or a seminar in the Department: the need to attend, the need to track and the means of tracking the attendance if need be.
Questions tagged [attendance]
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Why do some instructors care so much about attendance?
It seems that in higher education, some instructors either do not care at all whether students attend, and others care minimally (often resulting in a 1-5% attendance grade or tie-breaker rule).
However there are also many instructors who seem to…
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Is it fine to cancel class on days before national holidays, due to low attendance?
So, thanksgiving break is coming up. On my campus, a large portion of the students leave early Wednesday to get back home. The break doesn't officially start until Thursday, but since that is the holiday the students (understandably) leave…
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Is there anything a student could or should do about a professor who gives lectures so dry that less than 10% of the class turn up?
He's clearly a very nice man, but his delivery is reasonably monotonous, and his lecture material is reams and reams of definitions and rules.
I make sure to attend every lecture, and try my best to concentrate, but do find I have had to use other…
anon
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What systems are most effective for monitoring student attendance?
I work in the Computing and Mathematics School at my university (UK). This year the School has adopted a fairly aggressive policy regarding student attendance. If a student has a poor – or zero – attendance rate, the student is contacted and a…
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Attendance recording software
Possible Duplicate:
What systems are most effective for monitoring student attendance?
I'm looking for a simple software package, or online service, whereby teachers can record any students that are late/absent for any of their classes throughout…
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