However, she cautions that when students skip class and try to study for the test using notes downloaded from the Web, their scores tend to be much lower than those of students who came to class and took their own notes. Many instructors put outlines of their notes on the Web page. This encourages students to come to class, but it makes them more selective in their notetaking since they know what key concepts are. Attendance This topic has been broached at virtually every lunch discussion. Questions focused on whether or not attempts to enforce attendance have any effect and various methods used to encourage it.
Students sign in at the door.
Instructor gives regular quizzes. Instructor establishes a policy that grades will be lowered according to number of sessions missed. Students are assigned numbered seats and sign a seating chart when it is passed. TA marks absences on seating chart. Like attendance, technology is a favorite topic.