Attendance and performance: Correlations and motives in lecture-based modules

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-215

  Clark, Gordon ^a   Gill, Nick ^a   Walker, Marion ^a   Whittle, Rebecca ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attendance; Geography; Lectures; Motives; Performance

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EID: 79957516045     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2010.524196     Document Type: Article

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