Doggrell Sheila Anne
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2023 Jul-Aug;51(4):377-388. doi: 10.1002/bmb.21729. Epub 2023 Apr 21.
The positive relationship between lecture attendance and academic outcomes may be changing in the era of lecturing recordings. The objective of the study was to test this and to determine whether it varied between student cohorts. Consenting students in biochemistry from pharmacy, biomedical science, medical laboratory science, and nutrition programs, which had access to lecture recordings, signed in when attending lectures. Attendance was related to academic outcomes by regression analysis. Average attendance was low (≤19%) and declined significantly between years for most weeks. The students who attended ≥50% of lectures (≤17%) had higher marks than those that attended <50%. Overall regression analysis showed there were positive associations between most academic outcomes and lecture attendance or engagement (attendance and lecture recording access). However, these associations were weak or moderate for students in the pharmacy and biomedical science programs and were not apparent for students in the medical laboratory science and nutrition programs. In a separate survey, the most common reason for attending lectures was "I think I learn more by attending" and for not attending, was "Work commitments made it difficult to get to lectures." The main conclusion is that students of biochemistry should be encouraged to attend lectures, as the limited evidence suggests that attendance may still be associated with better academic outcomes and that some students find them beneficial.
在有讲座录音的时代，讲座出勤率与学业成绩之间的正相关关系可能正在发生变化。本研究的目的是对此进行验证，并确定这种关系在不同学生群体之间是否存在差异。来自药学、生物医学科学、医学检验科学和营养学专业的生物化学课程的学生，在能够获取讲座录音的情况下，参加讲座时进行签到。通过回归分析将出勤率与学业成绩相关联。平均出勤率较低（≤19%），并且在大多数周内，各年份之间出勤率显著下降。参加讲座≥50%（≤17%）的学生比参加讲座<50%的学生成绩更高。总体回归分析表明，大多数学业成绩与讲座出勤率或参与度（出勤和讲座录音获取情况）之间存在正相关关系。然而，对于药学和生物医学科学专业的学生来说，这些关联较弱或中等，而对于医学检验科学和营养学专业的学生来说并不明显。在一项单独的调查中，参加讲座最常见的原因是“我认为参加讲座能让我学到更多”，而不参加讲座最常见的原因是“工作事务使我难以参加讲座”。主要结论是，应该鼓励生物化学专业的学生参加讲座，因为有限的证据表明出勤可能仍然与更好的学业成绩相关，而且一些学生发现讲座有益。
