Jonas on Attendance
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
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Engineering Education Research General Engineering, Engineering Science |
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Academic Careers and Issues Teaching and Learning Research Center |
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Reference - Article/Document |
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Jonas Chalk |
| Description: | This is the question sent to the teaching advice column, Jonas Chalk: "As the Spring quarter progresses, I am finding that attendance in my classes is a problem. Out of a class of 30 students it is not unusual for 6 to 8 to be missing. These students then want to know what they missed, and providing these overviews has become very time consuming for me. They also want to hand in assignments late and they request makeup work. It seems to be getting out of hand, what do you recommend?" |
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| Is Component of: |
Chalk Talk with Jonas Talk |
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Change in Attitude Engagement Other |
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A part of the response "I try to be proactive in the classroom to address this behavior early. I try to explain the responsibility that students have for their own learning and tell them that coming to class is the students' job. It is their responsibility to attend, and should be considered a commitment. Although the students are freshmen, I compare it to a co-op experience: if they were not going to work on any given day, I discuss what they would do, such as, call the boss, email the boss, etc. However, if you really want to require attendance, then consider instituting an attendance policy on the syllabus, which you could stress in the first class and review with them periodically during the quarter." |
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Easy |
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Low |
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| Publication Date: | July 2001 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.jonaschalk.neu.edu/search_archives/display.php?id=12 |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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