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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
University attendance and academic performance: Encouraging student engagement
Contributor:
Lucey, Siobhan;
Grydaki, Maria
Published:
Wiley, 2023
Published in:
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 70 (2023) 2, Seite 180-199
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/sjpe.12334
ISSN:
0036-9292;
1467-9485
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Absenteeism in higher education has motivated the investigation of its effect on academic performance. This paper examines the effect of implementing an incentive scheme on seminar <jats:italic>PPA</jats:italic> (prior preparation and attendance) and performance focusing on a cohort of international postgraduate students over two academic years in two conversion economics (quantitative and non‐quantitative) modules at a Scottish business school. The results show that the scheme leads to an increase in the class <jats:italic>PPA</jats:italic> in both modules and in the probability of passing the quantitative module, however academic performance is affected at a lesser extent.</jats:p>