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Motivating Students: Reading & Attendance

• University of Michigan: Motivating Students
  
  
• University of Oregon: Motivating Stduents (FAQ)
  
  
• Carney, Amy G., Sara Winstead Fry, Rosaria V. Gabriele, Michelle Ballard. 2008. "Reeling in the Big Fish." College Teaching 56(4): 195-200.
  
  
• Fernald, Peter S. 2004. "The Monte Carlo Quiz: Encouraging Punctual Completion and Deep Processing of Assigned Readings." College Teaching 52(3): 95-99.
  
  
• Moore, Sarah, Claire Armstrong and Jill Pearson. 2008. "Lecture Absenteeism Among Students in Higher Education: A Valuable Route to Understanding Student Motivation." Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management 30(1): 15-24.
  
  
• Gump, Steven E. 2005. "The Cost of Cutting Class: Attendance as a Predictor of Student Success." College Teaching 53(1): 21-26.
  
  
• Kember, David, Amber Ho, and Celina Hong. 2008. "The Importance of Establishing Relevance in Motiving Student Learning." Active Learning in Higher Education 9(3): 249-263.
  
  
• "Two Strategies for Getting Students to do the Reading." 2011. Teaching Professor 25(1): 4-6.
  
  
• Johnson, Bethany C. and Marc T. Kiviniemi. 2009. "The Effect of Online Chapter Quizzes on Exam Performance in an Undergraduate Social Psychology Course." Teaching of Psychology 36(1): 33-37.

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