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Download full textAllen, Rosie Elizabeth; Kannangara, Chathurika; Carson, Jerome – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
An abundance of literature exists that explores the potential applications of grit in predicting several academic outcomes. Regardless, the concept of grit has been heavily criticised due to the number of inconsistencies among current research. Fully understanding the usefulness of grit in an educational context is a worthwhile pursuit and could…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Attendance
Direct linkBirioukov, Anton – Educational Review, 2016
Student absenteeism in secondary schools has received international academic attention for quite some time. Absenteeism has been linked to diminished academic outcomes and is one of the leading causes of high school dropout. Although absenteeism is a serious concern for educational scholars, the definitions of absences and their subtypes are…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Attendance, Secondary School Students, Outcomes of Education
Buergi, Birgit Ruth; Baloch, Mumtaz Ali; Mengal, Amilia Aziz – International Journal of Special Education, 2018
School absenteeism is oftentimes couched in Pakistan's local media and reports of development agencies in terms of "ghost schools" and "ghost teachers." Little has been written in the scholarly literature of the universal right to education about how this phenomenon is affecting the school attendance of primary and secondary…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Needs Students, Intervention, Criticism
Macfarlane, Bruce – Higher Education Quarterly, 2013
Universities have recently strengthened their class attendance policies along with associated practices that intensify the surveillance of learning: a series of administrative and pedagogic strategies that monitor the extent to which students conform with behavioural expectations associated with learning. Drawing on university policy statements,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Attendance, Position Papers, Accountability
Sloan, Diane; Porter, Elizabeth – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2010
This article addresses the question of whether the existing approach to EAP delivery implemented at the University of Northumbria is supporting the learning needs of the international student body. In addressing this the article documents the background, research and preliminary findings relating to provision of an in-sessional English for…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Attendance, English for Academic Purposes, Teaching Methods
Moore, Sarah; Armstrong, Claire; Pearson, Jill – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2008
The reasons associated with lecture absenteeism among student groups could shed significant light on student motivation levels and orientations in university settings. Paying attention to the rationales for lecture absence provided by students themselves could also help institutions to diagnose levels of student engagement and respond in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Criticism, Student Motivation, Lecture Method
