Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education and Social Science Research (ICESRE 2025)

Can Digital Attendance Improve Student Attendance Rates?

Authors
Nurkolis Nurkolis1, *, Darojah Darojah1, Lilik Ariyanto1
1Universitas Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: nurkolis@upgris.ac.id
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Nurkolis Nurkolis
Available Online 26 February 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-543-0_7How to use a DOI?
Keywords
ADDIE Model; Digital Attendance; GPS And Biometric Verification; Student Attendance Rates
Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the impact of a digital attendance system on student attendance at SMPN 2 Satu Atap Sluke, Rembang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The research is conducted using the Research and Development (R&D) ADDIE model and utilizes the AppSheet platform, which integrates GPS technology and biometric verification. Data collection was conducted through interviews, questionnaires, observations, and document analysis, with 15 students as research subjects. Data analysis includes expert validity tests, product practicality tests, single-sample t-tests, simple linear regression tests, paired t-tests, and N-Gain tests. The results show that the AppSheet-based digital attendance system is valid (98%) and efficient (92.31%), and is effective in improving student attendance rates, as evidenced by the increase in the N-Gain score of the majority of students (60%) to the high category. The paired t-test confirms the superiority of digital attendance compared to manual attendance. Practically, this application has been proven to improve student attendance rates. The novelty of this study lies in the use of the AppSheet application, combined with GPS and biometric verification, which has never been done before in a rural school context for discipline management.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education and Social Science Research (ICESRE 2025)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
26 February 2026
ISBN
978-2-38476-543-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-543-0_7How to use a DOI?
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© 2026 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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