@article {HA2024102952,
	title = {The effects of class attendance on academic performance: Evidence from synchronous courses during Covid-19 at a Chinese research university},
	journal = {International Journal of Educational Development},
	volume = {104},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {102952},
	abstract = {Using 13,584 observations of 4772 undergraduate students enrolled in 523 online classes offered synchronously at a research university in China, and using online-learning platform data and administrative data, this paper examines the impacts of class attendance on academic performance. Based on student-level and course-level fixed effects models with a unique set of student-course level control variables, this paper finds class attendance to have a significantly positive impact on academic performance. This effect is larger for low-performing students and smaller for students in courses with larger class sizes. The above findings survive a number of robustness checks, including a bounding technique, restricting sample to compulsory courses and limiting variation in attendance caused by whole day absence.},
	keywords = {Academic performance, Class attendance, Online education, Synchronous courses},
	issn = {0738-0593},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102952},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738059323002286},
	author = {Wei Ha and Liping Ma and Yulian Cao and Qinxue Feng and Shangcong Bu}
}
