Student Disengagement and Its Impact on Performance
Abstract
The aim of this session is to provide further evidence as to what drives student performance. Research into tutorial attendance and performance implicitly assumes that it is beneficial for students to attend tutorials. However, with students becoming increasingly time poor and a rise in flexible learning options, it is possible for students to be engaged with a subject without necessarily attending tutorials on a regular basis. The objectives of this session will be to a) provide practitioners with empirical evidence of the impact of student engagement on performance; and b) to provide a forum in which attendees can voice their opinions as how best to solve the issue of student disengagement. This will help provide direction for a way in which to improve course design to facilitate improved student engagement, and also enable a comparison study to be conducted.
Location
Room 2904 A
Recommended Citation
Bond, David, "Student Disengagement and Its Impact on Performance" (2007). SoTL Commons Conference. 25.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2007/25
Student Disengagement and Its Impact on Performance
Room 2904 A
The aim of this session is to provide further evidence as to what drives student performance. Research into tutorial attendance and performance implicitly assumes that it is beneficial for students to attend tutorials. However, with students becoming increasingly time poor and a rise in flexible learning options, it is possible for students to be engaged with a subject without necessarily attending tutorials on a regular basis. The objectives of this session will be to a) provide practitioners with empirical evidence of the impact of student engagement on performance; and b) to provide a forum in which attendees can voice their opinions as how best to solve the issue of student disengagement. This will help provide direction for a way in which to improve course design to facilitate improved student engagement, and also enable a comparison study to be conducted.
