Attendance is necessary for success – and no matter how often I tell students ,about 3-7% don’t seem to “get” that; however, just showing up and doing the minimum required by the assignment won’t get you an “A.” About a third of students don’t get that.
How can I get these ideas through to students better?
Further advice – straight from students – can be found in a couple of videos I shot and edited in 2008. Student perspectives are different from teachers’ – and sometimes we can learn better from a peer than we can from a teacher. See here, and here. The videos are short and fun.
P.S. all numbers and percentages pulled out of the air – but my best estimate. I may be venturing into “do as I say; don’t do as I do” territory.
