Class Absence, Instructor Lecture Notes, Intellectual Styles, and Learning Outcomes

Oskar Harmon (), William Alpert, Archita Banik and James Lambrinos

Atlantic Economic Journal, 2015, vol. 43, issue 3, 349-361

Abstract: At many universities, undergraduate introductory economics courses are taught in large lecture halls. Casual empiricism suggests that rates of student absenteeism are significantly greater in the large lecture format compared to the smaller classroom format. There is also the compounding factor that numerous empirical studies have identified a statistically significant negative relationship between absenteeism and student performance. Using panel data, it is estimated that the average student with less than perfect attendance is better off attending the lecture, but studying from instructor-provided lecture notes can significantly reduce the negative effect of absence on exam performance. Additional estimates of the differential effects of intellectual styles show the notes were the least beneficial for the auditory intellectual style. Copyright International Atlantic Economic Society 2015

Keywords: Learning preferences; Learning styles; Intellectual styles; Absenteeism; Lecture notes; Online; Economic education; Blended; Hybrid; PowerPoint; A20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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