Rejnö Åsa, Nordin Per, Forsgren Susanne, Sundell Yvonne, Rudolfsson Gudrun
Department of Health Sciences, University West, 461 86 Trollhättan, Sweden; Stroke Unit, Skaraborg Hospital, 541 85 Skövde, Sweden.
The Skaraborg Institute for Research and Development, 541 30 Skövde, Sweden.
Nurse Educ Today. 2017 Mar;50:36-41. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.11.025. Epub 2016 Dec 7.
Students' motivation and ways of engaging in their schoolwork are important for their performance, including passing exams. Attendance at learning activities has also been argued to be of major importance, although no causal relationship with passing exams has been established in nursing education.
The aim of this study was to describe the impact of attendance at nonmandatory learning activities on attainment, in terms of passing or failing of exams, in nursing education courses including both mandatory and non-mandatory activities.
A prospective quantitative design.
The nursing education programme at a Swedish university.
Nursing students (n=361) from two courses and four classes within the nursing programme.
Attendance was registered at every non-mandatory teaching activity by asking the students to note their attendance on a list. Data such as sex, age, and whether the students had passed the exam were also collected for each course and each semester separately.
Increased participation was associated with an increasing proportion of students passing the exam. The chance of passing the exam increased by 13% for every additional learning occasion attended. Logistic regression showed an OR of 5.4 for an attendance of 100%.
An increase in attendance gave a higher proportion of exam passes. Encouraging students to attend non-mandatory learning activities could be of value, and potentially contribute to an increased graduation rate for nursing students.
学生的学习动机和参与学业的方式对其学业表现很重要，包括通过考试。尽管在护理教育中尚未确立学习活动出勤率与通过考试之间的因果关系，但也有人认为学习活动出勤率至关重要。
本研究的目的是描述参加非强制性学习活动对护理教育课程考试及格或不及格方面学业成就的影响，这些课程包括强制性和非强制性活动。
前瞻性定量设计。
瑞典一所大学的护理教育项目。
护理专业项目中两门课程和四个班级的护理专业学生（n = 361）。
通过让学生在名单上记录出勤情况，对每次非强制性教学活动的出勤情况进行登记。还分别收集了每门课程和每个学期的性别、年龄以及学生是否通过考试等数据。
参与度提高与通过考试的学生比例增加相关。每多参加一次学习活动，通过考试的几率就增加13%。逻辑回归显示，出勤率达到100%时的优势比为5.4。
出勤率的提高使考试及格率更高。鼓励学生参加非强制性学习活动可能有价值，并有可能提高护理专业学生的毕业率。
