Getting better scholastic performance: Should students be smart, curious, interested, or both?

2022 ◽  
Vol 189 ◽  
pp. 111481
Author(s):  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Matthias Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
Scholastic Performance

Assessment of Gaming Practices and its effect on scholastic performance of medical students in India: A Case Control study. (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deodatt Madhav Suryawanshi ◽  
Divya Rajaseharan 2nd ◽  
Raghuram Venugopal 3rd ◽  
Ramchandra Goyal 4th ◽  
Anju Joy 5th
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Gaming Addiction ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Compound Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Internal Assessment ◽  
Assessment Scores ◽  
Scholastic Performance ◽  
Excessive Gaming

BACKGROUND Introduction: Gaming is a billion-dollar industry growing at a Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9 %- 14.3% with biggest market in South East Asian countries. Availability of Low-cost smart phones, ease of internet access has made gaming popular among youth who enjoy it as a leisure activity. According to the WHO excessive indulgence in Gaming can lead to Gaming disorder. Medical students indulging in excessive gaming can succumb to gaming disorder which can affect their scholastic performance. Hence this study was done to assess the gaming practices and its effect on scholastic performance. OBJECTIVE Objective: 1. To assess the various Gaming practices and the Prevalence of Gaming addiction among medical students. 2. To study the effect of Gaming practices on Scholastic performance of medical students. METHODS Methods: The present study used a case control design where the 448(N) study participants were recruited using non probability sampling technique.91 (Nc) cases who were Gaming for past 6 months were identified using rapid preliminary survey .91 controls (Nco) who never played games were selected and matched for age and sex. Internal Assessment scores (%) of cases and controls were compared. Snedecor F test and Student t test were used to find out the association between the hours of gaming and internal assessment scores (%) and difference of Internal assessment scores between cases and controls respectively. Odds ratio was calculated to identify the risk of Poor scholastic performance. Prevalence of Gaming addiction was assessed using Lemmen’s Gaming addiction scale (GAS). RESULTS Results: Frequency of gaming (hrs) was not associated with the Mean internal assessment scores (p>0.05). Male students (cases) showed significant reduction in both their internal assessment scores (p<0.001,<0.01) whereas no reduction was observed in Female cases. A negative correlation was observed between GAS and internal assessment scores (r=-0.02). Prevalence of Gaming addiction using GAS was found to be 6.2% among the study population(N=448) and 31% among Cases (Nc=91).The risk of low scores was (OR =1.80-1.89) times more in cases than controls. CONCLUSIONS Conclusions: Excessive Gaming adversely affects scholastic performance in males than females.Awareness about Gaming addiction needs to be created among students, parents and teachers. Institutionalized De-addiction services should be made available to medical students. CLINICALTRIAL No

scholarly journals Study on Temperament of Scholastically Backward Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Jitendra Mugali ◽  
Dr. Nitin Pattanashetty ◽  
Dr. S S Chate ◽  
Dr. N M Patil ◽  
Dr. Sandeep Patil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Final Diagnosis ◽  
School Refusal ◽  
The Other ◽  
Scholastic Performance ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Drop Outs ◽  
Psychiatric Problems

Objectives: 1.To studies the categorical prevalence of temperament of scholastically backward children. 2. To study the associated Psychiatric problems with type of temperament in scholastically backward children. Material and Methods: Total of 1480 children studying in 3 CBSE schools, aged between 6 and 12 years were screened. 312 children were found to scholastically backward. After simple randomization and further screening procedure 115 children were included in the study. Each child was assessed by interviewing with MINI-KID Questionnaire, temperament assessment scale, I Q assessment by using Reven’s coloured progressive matrices, CBCL and final diagnosis done by ICD DCR criteria.  Statistical analysis was done using Epi Info 7 software. Results: The prevalence of scholastically backwardness was found to be 21.08%. The distribution of scholastically backward children belongs to falling types of temperament found to be easy temperament-41.74 %, difficult temperament 13.91 % and slow to warm temperament 44.35% respectively. Majority of scholastically backward children belongs to slow to warm type of temperament. All the difficult temperament children were associated with one or the other psychiatric problems. 18.75% of children with easy temperament and 74.51% of children with slow to warm are associated with psychiatric problems. Conclusion: Temperament of a child is one of the major factors for scholastic performance. Some children do poor performance in academics, school refusal and school drop outs. Prevalence of difficult temperament in children had associated with 100% psychiatric disorder. Difficult temperament children handling in home and in school is very difficult, so early detection of associated psychiatric problems and early intervention will surely help to handle the further consequences.

Scholastic performance of short-statured children with hypopituitarism

1966 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 1131-1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arlan L. Rosenbloom ◽  
David W. Smith ◽  
Dorothy G. Loeb
Keyword(s):  
Scholastic Performance

Scholastic Performance

1971 ◽  
pp. 24-36
Author(s):  
E. Earl Baughman
Keyword(s):  
Scholastic Performance

scholarly journals The Effect of Eating Habits’ Quality on Scholastic Performance in Turkish Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra S. Kristo ◽  
Büşra Gültekin ◽  
Merve Öztağ ◽  
Angelos K. Sikalidis
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
School Students ◽  
System A ◽  
Scholastic Performance ◽  
Quality Of Eating

Evidence associates scholastic performance to quality of eating habits. However, there is limited information on this topic in Turkey, an emerging economy with notable disparities. Our work aimed to evaluate the effect of eating habits quality of high-school students in Turkey, on the Scholastic Aptitude Standardized Examination (TEOG) scores. The study was conducted in 29 different cities in Turkey during the academic year 2016–2017, involving students of ages 14–17 years (up to senior-high school). A dietary habits survey developed and validated for this population was distributed over the internet in February 2017. Apart from students’ TEOG scores, Family Affluence Score (FAS) was used to categorize the students into low, medium, and high financial standing. Eating Habits Score (EHS) was calculated by using a validated scoring system. A working sample of 298 participants was used. Based on our results, we observed that there is a significant positive correlation between EHS, FAS and success rate of students as assessed by TEOG scores. Further research on this subject should be conducted in combination with intervention studies to reveal potential strategies and policies that would enhance positive behavior change as it relates to nutritional habits, aiming at improved scholastic performance and overall health throughout lifespan.

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