Table 2 Students’ academic attitude towards classroom attendance
From: Why do students skip classroom lectures: A single dental school report
Total | Gender | Academic year | Academic average | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | < 3.75 | 3.75–4.49 | 4.50–5.00 | |||
How much time on average do you need to reach dental school | N | 667 | 667 | 666 | 658 | |||||||
< 30 min | 212 (31.8%) | 122 (41.1%) | 90 (24.3%) | 62 (35.2%) | 39 (32.8%) | 30 (33.7%) | 38 (22.5%) | 43 (38.1%) | 21 (45.7%) | 71 (28.5%) | 118 (32.5%) | |
30–60 min | 343 (51.4%) | 131 (44.1%) | 212 (57.3%) | 83 (47.2%) | 65 (54.6%) | 46 (51.7%) | 91 (53.8%) | 57 (50.4%) | 18 (39.1%) | 132 (53.0%) | 187 (51.5%) | |
> 60 min | 112 (16.8%) | 44 (14.8%) | 68 (18.4%) | 31 (17.6%) | 15 (12.6%) | 13 (14.6%) | 40 (23.7%) | 13 (11.5%) | 7 (15.2%) | 46 (18.5%) | 58 (16.0%) | |
p-value | p < 0.001¥* | p = 0.042¥* p= | p = 0.218¥ | |||||||||
Do you think classes should be optional for students? | N | 664 | 664 | 668 | 655 | |||||||
No | 160 (24.1%) | 66 (22.3%) | 94 (25.5%) | 34 (19.4%) | 30 (25.2%) | 26 (28.9%) | 44 (26.5%) | 25 (22.1%) | 7 (15.9%) | 58 (23.2%) | 93 (25.9%) | |
Yes | 504 (75.9%) | 230 (77.7%) | 274 (74.5%) | 141 (80.6%) | 89 (74.8%) | 64 (71.1%) | 122 (73.5%) | 88 (77.9%) | 39 (84.8%) | 192 (76.8%) | 266 (74.1%) | |
p-value | p = 0.331¥ | p = 0.396¥ | p = 0.255¥ | |||||||||
Do you think attending classes have a positive influence on students’ academic performance? | N | 665 | 665 | 664 | 656 | |||||||
No | 161 (24.2%) | 96 (32.4%) | 65 (17.6%) | 70 (39.8%) | 20 (16.5%) | 13 (14.4%) | 27 (16.5%) | 31 (27.4%) | 15 (34.1%) | 55 (22.1%) | 90 (24.9%) | |
Yes | 504 (75.8%) | 200 (67.6%) | 304 (82.4%) | 106 (60.2%) | 101 (83.5%) | 77 (85.6%) | 137 (83.5%) | 82 (72.6%) | 31 (67.4%) | 194 (77.9%) | 271 (75.1%) | |
p-value | p < 0.001¥* | p < 0.001¥* | p = 0.293¥ | |||||||||
How many times per month on average do you skip classes? | N | 671 | 671 | 670 | 661 | |||||||
0–2 times | 297 (44.3%) | 89 (30.2%) | 208 (55.3%) | 70 (39.1%) | 66 (53.7%) | 45 (50.0%) | 66 (39.5%) | 50 (45.0%) | 13 (28.9%) | 98 (39.5%) | 181 (49.2%) | |
3–4 times | 204 (30.4%) | 90 (30.5%) | 114 (30.3%) | 53 (29.6%) | 38 (30.9%) | 19 (21.1%) | 60 (35.9%) | 33 (29.7%) | 13 (28.9%) | 85 (34.3%) | 104 (28.3%) | |
5–6 times | 80 (11.9%) | 48 (16.3%) | 32 (8.5%) | 14 (7.8%) | 11 (8.9%) | 13 (14.4%) | 26 (15.6%) | 16 (14.4%) | 10 (22.2%) | 34 (13.7%) | 34 (9.2%) | |
More than 6 times | 90 (13.4%) | 68 (23.1%) | 22 (5.9%) | 42 (23.5%) | 8 (6.5%) | 13 (14.4%) | 15 (9.0%) | 12 (10.8%) | 9 (20.0%) | 31 (12.5%) | 49 (13.3%) | |
p-value | p < 0.001¥* | p < 0.001¥* | p = 0.014¥* | |||||||||
If KAUFD installs video recording devices in classrooms to record live lectures and make it available, are you: | N | 644 | 644 | 643 | 634 | |||||||
Less likely to skip or be late to a lecture | 147 (22.8%) | 57 (20.1%) | 90 (25.0%) | 41 (24.1%) | 25 (20.7%) | 27 (31.4%) | 32 (20.4%) | 21 (19.3%) | 9 (20.5%) | 53 (22.4%) | 83 (23.5%) | |
No difference | 312 (48.4%) | 138 (48.6%) | 174 (48.3%) | 88 (51.8%) | 70 (57.9%) | 31 (36.0%) | 77 (49.0%) | 46 (42.2%) | 24 (54.5%) | 103 (43.5%) | 178 (50.4%) | |
More likely to skip or be late to a lecture | 185 (28.7%) | 89 (31.3%) | 96 (26.7%) | 41 (24.1%) | 26 (21.5%) | 28 (32.6%) | 48 (30.6%) | 42 (38.5%) | 11 (25.0%) | 81 (34.2%) | 92 (26.1%) | |
p-value | p = 0.235¥ | p = 0.02¥* | p = 0.238¥ | |||||||||