Table 3 Reasons behind students’ absence or late attendance to classroom lectures
From: Why do students skip classroom lectures: A single dental school report
Reasons for why you would be late or absent from a lecture | Total | Gender | Academic year | Academic average | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | < 3.75 | 3.75–4.49 | 4.50–5.00 | |||
The lecture is before or after an examination | N | 678 | 678 | 677 | 668 | |||||||
No | 387 (57.1%) | 170 (56.9%) | 217 (57.3%) | 90 (50.0%) | 66 (52.8%) | 51 (56.7%) | 104 (61.5%) | 75 (66.4%) | 31 (67.4%) | 156 (62.2%) | 196 (52.8%) | |
Yes | 291 (42.9%) | 129 (43.1%) | 162 (42.7%) | 90 (50.0%) | 59 (47.2%) | 39 (43.3%) | 65 (38.5%) | 38 (33.6%) | 15 (32.6%) | 95 (37.8%) | 175 (47.2%) | |
p-value | p = 0.917¥ | p = 0.041¥* | p = 0.025¥* | |||||||||
Early morning class (8–9 am) | N | 678 | 678 | 677 | 668 | |||||||
No | 353 (52.1%) | 130 (43.5%) | 223 (58.8%) | 107 (59.4%) | 83 (66.4%) | 50 (55.6%) | 70 (41.4%) | 43 (38.1%) | 14 (30.4%) | 120 (47.8%) | 213 (57.4%) | |
Yes | 325 (47.9%) | 169 (56.5%) | 156 (41.2%) | 73 (40.6%) | 42 (33.6%) | 40 (44.4%) | 99 (58.6%) | 70 (61.9%) | 32 (69.6%) | 131 (52.2%) | 158 (42.6%) | |
p-value | p < 0.001¥* | p < 0.001¥* | p < 0.001¥* | |||||||||
Late class (3–5 pm) | N | 678 | 678 | 677 | 668 | |||||||
No | 465 (68.6%) | 212 (70.9%) | 253 (66.8%) | 136 (75.6%) | 82 (65.6%) | 51 (56.7%) | 110 (65.1%) | 85 (75.2%) | 29 (63.0%) | 161 (64.1%) | 268 (72.2%) | |
Yes | 213 (31.4%) | 87 (29.1%) | 126 (33.2%) | 44 (24.4%) | 43 (34.4%) | 39 (43.3%) | 59 (34.9%) | 28 (24.8%) | 17 (37.0%) | 90 (35.9%) | 103 (27.8%) | |
p-value | p = 0.248¥ | p = 0.008¥* | p = 0.072¥ | |||||||||
If I have two or more-hour break before or after class | N | 678 | 678 | 677 | 668 | |||||||
No | 570 (84.1%) | 243 (81.3%) | 327 (86.3%) | 146 (81.1%) | 92 (73.6%) | 80 (88.9%) | 150 (88.8%) | 101 (89.4%) | 40 (87.0%) | 210 (83.7%) | 310 (83.6%) | |
Yes | 108 (15.9%) | 56 (18.7%) | 52 (13.7%) | 34 (18.9%) | 33 (26.4%) | 10 (11.1%) | 19 (11.2%) | 12 (10.6%) | 6 (13.0%) | 41 (16.3%) | 61 (16.4%) | |
p-value | p = 0.077¥ | p = 0.001¥* | p = 0.837¥ | |||||||||
Lecture material is available on Blackboard, video, or voice recording or another source | N | 677 | 677 | 676 | 667 | |||||||
No | 643 (95.0%) | 289 (96.7%) | 354 (93.7%) | 163 (91.1%) | 116 (92.8%) | 86 (95.6%) | 165 (97.6%) | 112 (99.1%) | 45 (97.8%) | 244 (97.2%) | 345 (93.2%) | |
Yes | 34 (5.0%) | 10 (3.3%) | 24 (6.3%) | 16 (8.9%) | 9 (7.2%) | 4 (4.4%) | 4 (2.4%) | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (2.2%) | 7 (2.8%) | 25 (6.8%) | |
p-value | p = 0.075¥ | p = 0.006F* | p = 0.064F | |||||||||
The lecturer is below expectation (e.g. read directly from slides, lack clarity and organisation) | N | 678 | 678 | 677 | 668 | |||||||
No | 394 (58.1%) | 181 (60.5%) | 213 (56.2%) | 117 (65.0%) | 69 (55.2%) | 52 (57.8%) | 95 (56.2%) | 60 (53.1%) | 24 (52.2%) | 158 (62.9%) | 205 (55.3%) | |
Yes | 284 (41.9%) | 118 (39.5%) | 166 (43.8%) | 63 (35.0%) | 56 (44.8%) | 38 (42.2%) | 74 (43.8%) | 53 (46.9%) | 22 (47.8%) | 93 (37.1%) | 166 (44.7%) | |
p-value | p = 0.265¥ | p = 0.252¥ | p = 0.116¥ | |||||||||
The lecturer is not strict about student attendance | N | 678 | 678 | 677 | 668 | |||||||
No | 627 (92.5%) | 273 (91.3%) | 354 (93.4%) | 172 (95.6%) | 118 (94.4%) | 78 (86.7%) | 158 (93.5%) | 100 (88.5%) | 43 (93.5%) | 226 (90.0%) | 348 (93.8%) | |
Yes | 51 (7.5%) | 29 (8.7%) | 25 (6.6%) | 8 (4.4%) | 7 (5.6%) | 12 (13.3%) | 11 (6.5%) | 13 (11.5%) | 3 (6.5%) | 25 (10.0%) | 23 (6.2%) | |
p-value | p = 0.303¥ | p = 0.036¥* | p = 0.214¥ | |||||||||
I am not interested in a specific topic | N | 678 | 678 | 677 | 668 | |||||||
No | 567 (83.6%) | 246 (82.3%) | 321 (84.7%) | 155 (86.1%) | 116 (92.8%) | 67 (74.4%) | 142 (84.0%) | 87 (77.0%) | 40 (87.0%) | 210 (83.7%) | 310 (83.6%) | |
Yes | 111 (16.4%) | 53 (17.7%) | 58 (15.3%) | 25 (13.9%) | 9 (7.2%) | 23 (25.6%) | 27 (16.0%) | 26 (23.0%) | 6 (13.0%) | 41 (16.3%) | 61 (16.4%) | |
p-value | p = 0.397¥ | p = 0.001¥* | p = 0.903 F | |||||||||
I can learn the subject of the day better by spending the same time studying at home | N | 678 | 678 | 677 | 668 | |||||||
No | 476 (70.2%) | 215 (71.9%) | 261 (68.9%) | 100 (55.6%) | 84 (67.2%) | 62 (68.9%) | 137 (81.1%) | 93 (82.3%) | 36 (78.3%) | 190 (75.7%) | 242 (65.2%) | |
Yes | 202 (29.8%) | 84 (28.1%) | 118 (31.1%) | 80 (44.4%) | 41 (32.8%) | 28 (31.1%) | 32 (18.9%) | 20 (17.7%) | 10 (21.7%) | 61 (24.3%) | 129 (34.8%) | |
p-value | p = 0.390¥ | p < 0.001¥* | p = 0.009¥* | |||||||||
I don’t wake up early | N | 678 | 678 | 677 | 668 | |||||||
No | 625 (92.2%) | 267 (89.3%) | 358 (94.5%) | 166 (92.2%) | 121 (96.8%) | 83 (92.2%) | 151 (89.3%) | 103 (91.2%) | 40 (87.0%) | 226 (90.0%) | 350 (94.3%) | |
Yes | 53 (7.8%) | 32 (10.7%) | 21 (5.5%) | 14 (7.8%) | 4 (3.2%) | 7 (7.8%) | 18 (10.7%) | 10 (8.8%) | 6 (13.0%) | 25 (10.0%) | 21 (5.7%) | |
p-value | p = 0.013¥* | p = 0.181 F | p = 0.056¥ | |||||||||
Difficulty with transportation | N | 678 | 678 | 677 | 668 | |||||||
No | 611 (90.1%) | 271 (90.6%) | 340 (89.7%) | 167 (92.8%) | 110 (88.0%) | 81 (90.0%) | 147 (87.0%) | 105 (92.9%) | 44 (95.7%) | 218 (86.9%) | 342 (92.2%) | |
Yes | 67 (9.9%) | 28 (9.4%) | 39 (10.3%) | 13 (7.2%) | 15 (12.0%) | 9 (10.0%) | 22 (13.0%) | 8 (7.1%) | 2 (4.3%) | 33 (13.1%) | 29 (7.8%) | |
p-value | p = 0.688¥ | p = 0.296¥ | p = 0.048 F* | |||||||||
I don’t feel attending classes benefits me | N | 678 | 678 | 677 | 668 | |||||||
No | 594 (87.6%) | 258 (86.3%) | 336 (88.7%) | 144 (80.0%) | 108 (86.4%) | 82 (91.1%) | 149 (88.2%) | 110 (97.3%) | 39 (84.8%) | 227 (90.4%) | 319 (86.0%) | |
Yes | 84 (12.4%) | 41 (13.7%) | 43 (11.3%) | 36 (20.0%) | 17 (13.6%) | 8 (8.9%) | 20 (11.8%) | 3 (2.7%) | 7 (15.2%) | 24 (9.6%) | 52 (14.0%) | |
p-value | p = 0.353¥ | p < 0.001 F* | p = 0.214¥ | |||||||||