Lab Attendance and Academic Performance. (9th May 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Adair, Kirk; Swinton, Omari H.
• Other Names: Brynin M. Academic Editor.; Capps K. Academic Editor.; Cerda M. F. Academic Editor.; Lin H.-C. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: ISRN education. Volume 2012(2012)
• Publication Date: 2012-05-09
• Subjects: Education -- Research -- Periodicals; Education -- Research; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 370
• DOI: 10.5402/2012/364176
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-8652

Abstract

Abstract : The benefits from attendance of lectures have been established in the literature. This paper focuses on attendance not of the lecture, but of smaller labs. These labs are 50 minutes one-day-a-week sessions to emphasis material covered during lecture. Using a 200-student Principles of Economics class that covers microeconomics with six different labs, we investigate the effect of lab attendance on exam performance by taking into account individual characteristics. We find that lab attendance benefits the student in overall exam performance.