Attendance and Attainment in a Calculus Course

Autor/inn/en	Meulenbroek, Bernard; van den Bogaard, Maartje
Titel	Attendance and Attainment in a Calculus Course
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 38 (2013) 5, S.532-542 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2013.811478
Schlagwörter	Calculus; Attendance Patterns; Achievement Gap; Educational Attainment; Correlation; Hypothesis Testing; Statistical Analysis; Time Factors (Learning); Mathematics Achievement; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; College Students; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Korrelation; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Statistische Analyse; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Collegestudent; Niederlande
Abstract	In this paper the relationship between attendance and attainment in a standard calculus course is investigated. Calculus could in principle be studied without attending lectures due to the wealth of material available (in hardcopy and online). However, in this study we will show that the pass rate of students attending classes regularly (>75% of the classes) is much higher than the pass rate of students attending fewer classes. We use a logistic model to investigate whether this correlation is significant. We will argue why we believe that this correlation between attendance and attainment is causal, i.e. why it is necessary for most students to attend classes in order to (improve their chances to) pass the exam. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10