The Level Of Impact On Student Success Of Participation In Lectures And Laboratory Exercises

Student success in exams is interlinked with different factors. More affecting factors include prior knowledge level that is gained during his/her previous studies, available infrastructure, especially when it comes to studies that require the use of laboratory equipment. In addition, higher student success, regarding acquisition of knowledge, relates directly to active participation in lectures and labs. In this paper, we present the effect in student success as result of regular attendance in lectures and labs. For this purpose, we collected data from tests of certain courses for several exam terms. To process such data, we initially created adequate computer programs. After processing the gained data, we analyze them using respective tabular and graphical representation. The obtained results clearly show that the impact of student presence in lectures and practical work in laboratory is evident. This imposes the need for professors to ensure regular attendance of students in lectures and exercises in labs. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu