Abstract
This is a report of a research of a research project carried out in collaboration with the faculty of SIESCOMS into the student perception of attendance. Also in this paper we estimate the effect of class attendance on exam perception of the students.
The intentions of this project are:- 1. To discover if and how students were choosing not to engage with the academic process. 2. To explore why the students decide not to engage in learning by attending lectures. 3. The research do not intend to identify personal characteristics of those with poor attendance patterns, rather the purpose of this study was to explore student perception towards their own attendance. 4. We intend to compare the attendance records of students against their score averages. 5. We intend to conduct study on students from schools, colleges(graduation & post graduation) in Thane and Nerul and will be estimating the effect of class attendance on average scores and estimating correlation between the same. 6. Also we intend to investigate if the existence of an enforced attendance policy influenced the relation between attendance and test scores. 7. We wish to know if the students are making better use of their time by not attending classes and studying on their own with use of technology. 8. We also intend to look at the perception of student towards attendance and its effects on the grades from faculty point of view.’
Introduction
1. It is a belief that motivation and ability to learn has a greater impact on academic achievement. 2. Importance of class attendance is always been stated in relation to learning and grades. 3. Students can and often provide reasons for not attending class including other responsibilities and priorities such as work or family obligation. 4. Hence to accomplish the goals of the study it is imperative to conduct a research