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A hard core of non-attending students remained unresponsive to all offered support

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Evidence · 1 study · design r2 · q1
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q1 i? A hard core of students (Group 3, ~5% of the population) appeared unresponsive to offers of assistance, and their attendance did not improve at all. → MM Casey and S McVitie 2009

Evidence

MM Casey and S McVitie 2009

MM Casey and S McVitie. (2009). Academic performance & student engagement in level 1 physics undergraduates. https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.2733 doi:10.48550/arxiv.0911.2733

q1 · i? · design · r2

Staff observation from the 2007-08 support programme: Group 3 students (~5% of the population) rarely responded to contact, rarely provided documentary evidence for absences, and typically attained E-grade or below with a large proportion refused credit. No effect size is reported.

"it was found that there was a hard core of students (Group 3) who appeared to be unresponsive to the offers of assistance."

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id hard-core-unresponsive-non-attenders
title A hard core of non-attending students remained unresponsive to all offered support
description A hard core of non-attending students remained unresponsive to all offered support
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 2009
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