Class Attendance and Academic Achievement Among Christian Religious Studies Students: a Case Study of Fce Pankshin
CHAPTER ONE
Objective of the study
The objectives of the study are;
- To ascertain the impact of class attendance on student academic performance among Christian religious students
- To ascertain the whether class attendance can lead to academic failure on Christian religious studies
- To ascertain whether school facilities have impact on academic achievement of student on Christian religious studies
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
Introduction
In a widely cited study, Romer (1993) reported evidence on absenteeism in undergraduate economics courses at three major US universities. The study revealed that the average attendance rate was about 67 percent. The paper also presented regression results, based on a sample of 195 Intermediate Macroeconomics students, which indicates that a positive and significant relationship between student attendance and exam performance. On the basis of these findings, Romer suggested that measures aimed at increasing attendance, including making attendance mandatory, could be considered. Park and Kerr (1990) had found an inverse relationship between students’ attendance and their course grades in a Money and Banking course over a four-year period, even after controlling for the effect of unobservable motivation by means of students’ self-reported hours of study and their perceived value of the course. Following the controversial conclusions of Romer (1993), in the past decade a number of empirical studies in Economic education literature had examined the relationship between student attendance and academic performance. Durden and Ellis (1995) investigated the link between overall course grade and self-reported attendance levels in a sample of 346 Principles of Economics students over three semesters. Their results indicate that attendance matters for academic performance. In particular, whereas low levels of absenteeism have little effect on the eventual outcome, excessive absenteeism has a large and significant effect. Devadoss and Foltz (1996) examined attendance in a sample of about 400 agricultural economics students at four large U.S. universities. They find that, even after controlling for both prior grade point average and the degree of motivation, on average students who attended all classes achieved a full letter grade higher than students who attended no more than 50 percent. Marburger (2006) investigated the relationship between absenteeism and exam performance in a sample of 60 students in a Principles of Microeconomics course. In the study, information on student attendance in each class during the semester is matched with records of class meetings during which the material corresponding to each question was covered.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to Class attendance and academic achievement among Christian religious studies students: A case study of fce pankshin
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain Class attendance and academic achievement among Christian religious studies students: A case study of fce pankshin
In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of Class attendance and academic achievement among Christian religious studies students
Summary
This study was on Class attendance and academic achievement among Christian religious studies students: A case study of fce pankshin. Three objectives were raised which included: To ascertain the impact of class attendance on student academic performance among Christian religious students, to ascertain the whether class attendance can lead to academic failure on Christian religious studies and to ascertain whether school facilities have impact on academic achievement of student on Christian religious studies. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 students of federal college of education in Panskin. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made HND1, HND2, OND1 and OND2 were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
The study carried out an investigation of Class attendance and academic achievement among Christian religious studies students: A case study of fce pankshin. The students where scored on attendance at each lecture period. The score of each student was then recorded against the percentage attendance throughout the semester period. The results of the statistical analysis of the data showed that class attendance correlated strongly with and had significant effect on examination score.
Recommendation
Lecturers should employ teaching strategies that would enhance the attendance rate of students in their classes.
Relevant policies should be put in place to ensure the attendance of students in classes.
Classes should be made conducive for learning.
Lecture rooms should be well ventilated and spacious enough to accommodate conveniently, the total number of students per lecture
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