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Improving student attendance.
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There is much debate in the academic community about ways to improve student learning. Based on limited research that suggests class attendance will enhance student learning, the authors began examining ways to increase student attendance. Using basic management principles of rewarding desired performance and presenting consequences for undesired behaviors, class attendance policies were modified to test whether different approaches would yield improved attendance. The results indicate that giving rewards for excellent attendance and negative consequences for poor attendance significantly improved attendance. The use of rewards alone was less effective ...
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