Subramaniam Bs, Hande S, Komattil R
Department of Physiology, Melaka Manipal Medical College, (Manipal Campus), ICHS, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2013 Apr;3(2):202-5. doi: 10.4103/2141-9248.113662.
The attendance mandate for the medical course in Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal, India was increased from 75% to 90% based on the assumption that the mandatory increase will improve the students' performance.
To find out whether there is any correlation between class attendance and academic performance.
This was an institution based retrospective analytical study. Students who have completed Phase I (first two and a half years) of the MBBS course were included in the study. Student marks and attendance, from the database were obtained from three random batches, each, from two clusters A and B respectively. Those who had a mandatory attendance requirement of 75% belonged to A (n = 243), and those who had a mandatory attendance percentage of 90% belonged to B (n = 360). Statistical analyses performed included, Pearson 2 tailed correlation to correlate class attendance with student performance; Cluster analysis to classify group average in a similarity matrix; t-test to determine significance of difference in percentage of students who attained 100% when the college changed mandatory attendance from 75% to 90%; Mann-Whitney test to find out if there was a better performance in university exam when attendance policy changed.
There was a significant correlation between attendance and the students who passed in the University exam. The number of students in the pass category was maximum (>90%) compared to students in distinction and failed categories. Percentage of students with 100% attendance rose from 4% (n = 10) to 11% (n = 40) when the mandatory attendance was increased from 75% to 90%.
Attendance policy correlated with better academic performance. Reducing absenteeism, probably contributed to the improved academic performance of the students. But the link between attendance and best and worst performances could not be predicted because of small numbers in every batch.
印度马尼帕尔马六甲马尼帕尔医学院将医学课程的出勤要求从75%提高到90%，基于强制提高出勤将改善学生成绩的假设。
探究课堂出勤与学业成绩之间是否存在关联。
这是一项基于机构的回顾性分析研究。纳入完成MBBS课程第一阶段（前两年半）的学生。从数据库中分别随机抽取来自两个集群A和B的三个批次的学生成绩和出勤数据。出勤要求为75%的学生属于A组（n = 243），出勤要求为90%的学生属于B组（n = 360）。进行的统计分析包括：Pearson双尾相关性分析以关联课堂出勤与学生成绩；聚类分析以在相似性矩阵中对组平均值进行分类；t检验以确定学院将强制出勤从75%提高到90%时达到100%的学生百分比差异的显著性；Mann-Whitney检验以查明出勤政策改变时大学考试中是否有更好的成绩表现。
出勤与通过大学考试的学生之间存在显著相关性。及格类别的学生数量最多（>90%），相比优秀和不及格类别的学生。当强制出勤从75%提高到90%时，出勤达到100%的学生百分比从4%（n = 10）升至11%（n = 40）。
出勤政策与更好的学业成绩相关。减少旷课可能有助于提高学生的学业成绩。但由于每个批次的数量较少，出勤与最佳和最差成绩之间的联系无法预测。
