A Case Against Mandatory Lecture Attendance.

Hyde, Richard M.; Flournoy, D. J.

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Publication Date: 1986

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A Case Against Mandatory Lecture Attendance.

Hyde, Richard M.; Flournoy, D. J.

Journal of Medical Education, v61 n3 p175-76 Mar 1986

Students' lecture attendance, course grades, class rank at the end of the first year of medical school, and scores on the NBME Part I examinations were correlated. The data suggest that a significant number of students who did not attend lectures did well academically. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Class Rank, Comparative Analysis, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Lecture Method, Medical Education, Medical Students, Policy Formation

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