tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post4200279546215652978..comments2024-03-25T20:17:29.106+00:00Comments on Careful With That Axe, Eugene: Compulsory Attendance at Lectures?Dr Eugene O'Loughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862889013218798392noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post-15212262481898031662013-03-21T08:25:31.005+00:002013-03-21T08:25:31.005+00:00Hi Cormac - many thanks for your comment. I have d...Hi Cormac - many thanks for your comment. I have definitely noticed this trend too, as have some of my colleagues. If I could figure out why some days there is near full attendance, and others very low - it would be easier to tackle the issue of attendance. <br /><br />Having said all this, a few years ago in one class, the student with the best result hardly ever came to class, while another who never missed a class failed. Maybe they are better staying away?<br /><br />Oh no - may be it is me after all!!!<br /><br />EugeneDr Eugene O'Loughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862889013218798392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post-32035401079739504162013-03-21T08:21:06.877+00:002013-03-21T08:21:06.877+00:00Perhaps you could tell me how to do it right?Perhaps you could tell me how to do it right?Dr Eugene O'Loughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862889013218798392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post-71865185131365067812013-03-20T22:27:28.146+00:002013-03-20T22:27:28.146+00:00I'm with Eugene. What surprises me is that the...I'm with Eugene. What surprises me is that there is quite a variation in my students' attendance from year to year. It makes me suspect that some sort of groupthink is at work - a few mature students raises the work rate noticeably, a few popular dossers lowers the attendance dramatically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post-6533199833461262112013-03-20T14:08:49.776+00:002013-03-20T14:08:49.776+00:00" I regularly teach to classes with attendanc..." I regularly teach to classes with attendance less than 50%, it even drops to 20% or less on occasion."<br /><br />You are doing it wrong. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com