Keep Students Coming by Keeping Them Interested: Motivators for Class Attendance.

Gump, Steven E.

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Title:	Keep Students Coming by Keeping Them Interested: Motivators for Class Attendance
Authors:	Gump, Steven E.
Descriptors:	Undergraduate Students; Student Motivation; Attendance; Student Interests; Higher Education; College Credits
Source:	College Student Journal, v38 n1 p157 Mar 2004
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Publisher:	Project Innovation, Inc., P.O. Box 8508, Spring Hill Station, Mobile, AL 36689-0508. Web site: http://journals825.home.mindspring.com/csj/html.
Publication Date:	2004-03-01
Pages:	4
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Abstract:	A survey of attendance motivators administered to 220 undergraduates enrolled in an introductory-level survey course at a large Midwestern university in fall 2002 and spring 2003 revealed, intuitively yet contrary to many earlier studies, that the most common situation in which students are motivated to attend class is if they consider the instructor and/or the material interesting. Of the 144 students who responded to the survey, 84.7% indicated such interest was a reason they would attend class. Only 66.7% indicated they would be compelled to attend a class because credit was given for attendance, suggesting that instructors should try to make their courses as interesting as possible if they wish to improve attendance rates.
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Reference Count:	10

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ISSN:	ISSN-0146-3934
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Higher Education

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