Assessing Attendance by Peer Information
Abstract
Attendance rate is an important indicator of students' study motivation, behavior and Psychological status; However, the heterogeneous nature of student attendance rates due to the course registration difference or the online/offline difference in a blended learning environment makes it challenging to compare attendance rates. In this paper, we propose a novel method called Relative Attendance Index (RAI) to measure attendance rates, which reflects students' efforts on attending courses. While traditional attendance focuses on the record of a single person or course, relative attendance emphasizes peer attendance information of relevant individuals or courses, making the comparisons of attendance more justified. Experimental results on real-life data show that RAI can indeed better reflect student engagement.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2106.03148,
title = {Assessing Attendance by Peer Information},
author = {Pan Deng and Jianjun Zhou and Jing Lyu and Zitong Zhao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.03148},
year = {2021}
}