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Joanna Clifton-Sprigg; Jonathan James – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
Using newly released detailed data on absence from school, we find a 'Friday effect'--children are much less likely to attend schools in England on Fridays. We use daily level data across the whole of England and find that this pattern holds for different schools and for different types of absence, including illness-related authorised and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attendance Patterns, Student Behavior, Attendance
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Frydenlund, Jonas Højgaard – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Interventions targeting absence from school justify themselves with the claim that absence causes negative effects or prevents good effects. I argue that these are empty claims. I propose that absence as a cause makes sense in two ways: (1) in the context of prevention, if we take into consideration our expectations of what would have taken place,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Attribution Theory
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Pijl, Esther K.; Vanneste, Yvonne T. M.; Feron, Frans J. M.; Mathijssen, Jolanda J. P.; de Rijk, Angelique E. – Educational Review, 2023
School absenteeism and its underlying causes can have negative effects on the cognitive, psychosocial and health development of a child. Research in primary education shows high rates of sickness absence. Many stakeholders are involved in addressing school absenteeism, including primary school professionals, child and youth healthcare physicians,…
Descriptors: Diseases, Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Elementary School Students
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Markus Klein; Edward M. Sosu – Sociology of Education, 2024
Studies consistently show the detrimental effect of school absences on pupils' achievement. However, due to an accumulation of multiple risks, school absenteeism may be more harmful to achievement among pupils from lower socioeconomic status (SES). Using a sample of upper-secondary students from the Scottish Longitudinal Study (n = 3,135), we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Compulsory Education, Attendance
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Birioukov, Anton – Canadian Journal of Education, 2021
Despite mandatory school attendance policies, many students in Canada are frequently absent from school. Absenteeism is linked to numerous negative educational outcomes and is a growing educational issue internationally. This has lead universities in many countries to study the factors associated with absenteeism in order to reduce it. However,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Foreign Countries, Educational Research
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Isaac Bengre Taley; Augustina Azumbila – African Educational Research Journal, 2025
This position paper proposes a revisiting of the academic calendar for Ghanaian basic schools, emphasising the need to extend the first-trimester vacation period to better align with sociocultural, economic, and environmental realities. The current first vacation, which runs from late December to early January, overlaps with festive events,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Schedules, Vacations, Elementary Secondary Education
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Shaked, Haim – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2022
Despite the high prevalence of student absenteeism and its wide range of negative consequences, the existing research on the role of school principals in combating student absenteeism is scant. The current study sought to understand the considerations of principals regarding the actions they take to prevent student absenteeism. Study participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Attendance, Attendance Patterns
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Mawardi, Hani; Alharbi, Waad; Alamoudi, Waleed; Felemban, Osama; Almazrooa, Soulafa; Alhadlag, Emad – Advanced Education, 2021
Purpose: The necessity to attend classroom lectures is a disputable topic among dental schools globally. Since there is an ongoing debate on different aspects of this problem in literature, the purpose of this study was to compare students' attitudes toward classroom attendance and investigate if stricter attendance tracking methods could lead to…
Descriptors: Dental Schools, Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Classroom Techniques
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John Guenther; Samuel Osborne; Steve Corrie; Lester-Irabinna Rigney; Kevin Lowe – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2022
In late 2013, under the leadership of Prime Minister Abbott, the Australian Government announced a new policy designed to increase attendance rates in remote community schools--the Remote School Attendance Strategy (RSAS). The model assumed that employing local people in the program, which was designed to support parents get their children to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Attendance, Rural Schools
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María Pérez-Marco; Carolina Gonzálvez; Andrea Fuster-Rico; María Vicent; Aitana Fernández-Sogorb; María Del Pilar Aparicio-Flores – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
School refusal is a serious problem that negatively affects academic performance, connection to school, and socioemotional well-being of students. Numerous scientific works have suggested that school refusal is associated with internalizing problems. However, it is necessary to determine how this condition may affect certain academic variables,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Truancy, School Phobia, Student School Relationship
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Klein, Markus; Sosu, Edward M.; Dare, Shadrach – AERA Open, 2022
Studies consistently show associations between school absences and academic achievement. However, questions remain about whether this link depends on the reason for children's absence. Using a sample of the Scottish Longitudinal Study (n = 4,419), we investigated whether the association between school absenteeism and achievement in high-stakes…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Jonas Højgaard Frydenlund – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2024
The idea that we ought to help young people with underlying issues, rather than simply pressure them back to school has gained traction in the literature on absence from school. However, this discussion has not considered how help and control are intertwined. The following is a Foucault inspired qualitative study of absence interventions in a…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Student Behavior, Intervention
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Almutawa, Abdullah; Suwaidan, Mishiel Said – Education & Training, 2020
Purpose: The purposes of this study are to identify the reasons that prevent students from attending lectures, to examine the impact of absenteeism on their academic performance and to explore the role of gender in their attendance. Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire survey made up of statements was distributed to accounting students.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Attendance, Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns
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Baxter, Lindy P.; Meyers, Noel M. – Australian Journal of Education, 2019
Urban Indigenous students' school attendance and factors contributing to annual attendance rates are relatively unknown, and yet almost 80% of the Indigenous population resides in non-remote regions. Our longitudinal study evaluated an urban primary school where Indigenous families preferentially enrolled their children because they recognised it…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Minority Group Students, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
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Moyi, Peter – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2017
While evidence confirms that children with disabilities face significant obstacles to schooling, especially in low-income countries like Kenya, there is limited empirical research on which to develop policy. The government of Kenya has long neglected the plight of people with disabilities. Despite numerous policy recommendations from the various…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Attendance, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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