Ullah, F; Sepasgozar, S; Tahmasebinia, F; Sepasgozar, S M E and Davis, S (2020) Examining the impact of students' attendance, sketching, visualization, and tutors experience on students' performance: A case of building structures course in construction management. Construction Economics and Building, 20(3), pp. 78-102. ISSN 2204-9029
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine students' performance in a computation-based course by evaluating the effects of key factors including sketching, visualization resources provided to them during the lectures, their attendance and tutors' experience. A systematic review was conducted including 192 articles published during January 2010 to December 2019. Further, a case study has been conducted in which 633 students from non-engineering backgrounds were taught a core course of construction over three-yearly sessions from 2017 to 2019. The performance has been assessed through two quizzes of 10% weight each, assignment of 40% weight and a final exam with 30% weight in 2017-18 and 40% weight in 2019 were utilized with an attendance criterion of below 75% as low attendance. The statistical result highlights that a clear difference of 14% overall marks exist between the students with less than 75% attendance and the ones with 75% and above in 2017 and a 10% gap in 2018. Students with high marks in sketching secured higher overall marks as compared to others highlighting that the sketching skill is useful to construction students. The findings contribute to the body of education knowledge by evaluating key influential factors and provide a useful benchmark to other educators in the field.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | student performance; construction education; construction management; experienced vs novice tutors; student sketching; students' attendance; visualization |
| Index terms: | construction education, case study, computation, influential factor, student performance, systematic literature review, visualization |
| Subjects: | research evaluation and metrics, risk assessment, computational methods, professional education, design practice, data collection methods, student development |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Education, Digital Applications, Risk Management, Design Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 CE |
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