Students' reluctance to attend office hours : reasons and suggested solutions
Other Title(s)
الساعات المكتبية و عزوف الطلبة عن حضورها : الأسباب و الحلول
Joint Authors
Abd al-Wahhab, Sabah Ahmad
Salim, Nahid Muhammad
Yetilmezsoy, Kan
Fadl Allah, Sulayman Umar
Source
Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies
Issue
Vol. 13, Issue 4 (31 Oct. 2019), pp.715-732, 18 p.
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University College of Education
Publication Date
2019-10-31
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
This paper focuses on investigating students’ reasons for their reluctance to attend faculty members’ office hours.
Study participants included 500 male and female students from the Colleges of Engineering (n = 248) and Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) (n = 252) at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU).
The study followed a descriptive-analytical approach, and a questionnaire was utilized to collect people’s views.
The results of the study indicate that the rates of SQU students’ attendance to office hours were low, and some students (11.2%) do not attend at all as they consider these office hours a waste of time.
The main reasons behind the students’ lack of interest in office hours were busy student timetables, conflicts between faculty office hours and students’ timetables, and easier and faster ways of getting information than visiting faculty members.
Additional reasons were related to faculty members’ personalities and their discouraging attitudes toward attending office hours.
The researchers recommend that SQU adopt a new strategy for encouraging faculty members to hold office hours, familiarizing students with the importance of office hours and assigning part of a course’s grades to meeting with faculty members’ office hours.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Wahhab, Sabah Ahmad& Salim, Nahid Muhammad& Yetilmezsoy, Kan& Fadl Allah, Sulayman Umar. 2019. Students' reluctance to attend office hours : reasons and suggested solutions. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies،Vol. 13, no. 4, pp.715-732.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-907886
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Salim, Nahid Muhammad…[et al.]. Students' reluctance to attend office hours : reasons and suggested solutions. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies Vol. 13, no. 4 (Oct. 2019), pp.715-732.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-907886
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Wahhab, Sabah Ahmad& Salim, Nahid Muhammad& Yetilmezsoy, Kan& Fadl Allah, Sulayman Umar. Students' reluctance to attend office hours : reasons and suggested solutions. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies. 2019. Vol. 13, no. 4, pp.715-732.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-907886
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 731-732
Record ID
BIM-907886