> “They want those points,” he said. “They know I’m watching and acting on it. So, behaviorally, they change.” I can't tell if he realizes that his students fi

> “They want those points,” he said. “They know I’m watching and acting on it. So, behaviorally, they change.” I can't tell if he realizes that his students find electronically-tracked attendance points more valuable than his lectures. That sounds like a fundamental problem. You can lead a horse to water, and all that. Are these students paying attention in class? Are they getting better grades? If they're showing up to lecture but playing on their phones or reading other books, you've accomplished exactly nothing. The only justification I can imagine is that it's an intro class for freshmen, and so maybe they're trying to ease students into an environment (i.e., the real world) where they have the freedom to do whatever they want, even if it's bad for them. Do they stop requiring this system for upperclass students? They doesn't say, but it doesn't sound like it.