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Effect Of Attendance On The Performance Of Day And Evening Students, Kerry-Ann Alicia Barrett
Effect Of Attendance On The Performance Of Day And Evening Students, Kerry-Ann Alicia Barrett
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Several studies posit a positive relationship between class attendance and student performance. Grades for students enrolled in Introduction to Management during the fall 2015 semester at a community college in Jamaica revealed that evening students on
average scored a grade higher than students enrolled in the day sections. Lecturers noted day students missed more classes than evening students but the relationship between attendance and performance was not known. The purpose of this correlational study was
to determine the relationship between attendance and performance, measured by grades. Guided by Knowles's theory that adults are self-directed, this study was designed to explore …