scholarly journals The Relationship Between the VARK Learning Styles and Academic Achievement in Dental Students

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 11 ◽  
pp. 15-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Reza Mozaffari ◽  
Maryam Janatolmakan ◽  
Roohollah Sharifi ◽  
Fatemeh Ghandinejad ◽  
Bahare Andayeshgar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Relationship between Learning Styles and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy among Medicine and Dentistry Students of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Robab Farhang ◽  
Ulduz Zamani Ahari ◽  
Samira Ghasemi ◽  
Aziz Kamran
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
The Relationship

Background and Objectives. The career decision-making self-efficacy (CDSE) in medical, pharmacy, and dental students is more important than other disciplines due to professional sensitivity, direct involvement in decision-making for the treatment process, and the significant clinical involvement. It is also expected that learning styles can have a significant impact on the academic success, and the CDSE also affects the quality of clinical care. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the learning styles and the career decision-making self-efficacy among medicine and dentistry students. Materials and Methods. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 235 medical interns and fifth- and sixth-year dental students of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Iran. The data were collected using Kolb Learning Style Inventory and Betz and Luzzo career decision-making self-efficacy questionnaire. Statistical tests such as Kolmogorov–Smirnov, Spearman correlation coefficient, Chi-square, one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data. Results. The mean age of participants was 25.9 ± 1.30; a majority of them were dental students (134 persons, 59.3%), and 92 were medical students (40.7%). The predominant learning styles in dental and medical students were assimilating (40.3%) and converging (47.8%), respectively. There was no significant relationship between students’ learning styles and career decision-making self-efficacy and none of its subscales ( P > 0.05 ). The Chi-square test results showed that a significant difference was observed between the field of study and learning styles of the participants ( P = 0.024 ). Conclusion. This study showed that there was no significant relationship between learning style and career decision-making self-efficacy of the participants.

scholarly journals The impact of academic libraries on students' academic achievement: The relationship between learning styles and information seeking anxiety

2018 ◽  
pp. 76-93
Author(s):  
Somayeh Parvin ◽  
Nasrin Kheibar ◽  
Hamideh Mihanpour ◽  
Alireza Rafi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Information seeking anxiety is a type of anxiety that affects academic performance. The present study was aimed at investigating the relationship between learning styles and information seeking anxiety in relation to the academic achievement of students. This was a descriptive-analytic research, and the study population consisted of students who had passed at least one semester in Behbahan University, Iran. The sample size was calculated 181 from the Morgan table. The results of this study showed that most of the students used the ‘assimilating' learning style. It was concluded that there was no significant difference between anxiety levels and the field of study. Also, there was no relationship between learning styles and age and gender. Moreover, there was no relationship of gender, academic semester, and age with academic achievement. Even though, there was no relationship between information seeking anxiety and learning styles vis a vis academic achievement, the assimilating learning style was preferred by the majority of the students. The comparison of learning styles with information seeking anxiety was a distinctive feature of this study, indicating that different aspects of learning did not have much effect on the anxiety levels of individuals, which could be the basis for further research on personality dimensions such as self-concept and intrinsic motivation in relation to information seeking anxiety and academic achievement.

scholarly journals Learning Styles and Academic Achievement among Form Three Living Integrated Skills Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Mustafa Rehman Khan
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Instructional Delivery ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Relationship

Learning styles indicate a students’ preference for learning methods and therefore are necessary information to guide teachers’ instruction. This study is aimed to determine the relationship between learning styles and academic achievement of Form Three students in their Living Integrated Skills subject. This study was participated by 372 respondents selected using purposive sampling from six secondary schools in Sabah, Malaysia. Data was collected using a research questionnaire in survey research and analyzed with IBM SPSS 23.0 using both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses. Findings of the study showed that pragmatist and theorist learning styles are the dominant learning styles while activist is the least preferred learning style. It was found that learning styles i.e. activist (t = -0.412; p = 0.681), reflective (t = -1.457; p = 0.146), theorist (t = 0.890; p = 0.374) and pragmatist (t = -0.537; p = 0.592) did not differ significantly based on gender but learning styles i.e activist (t = 7.412, p = 0.000), reflective (t = 9.461, p = 0.000), theorist (t = 9.080, p = 0.000) and pragmatist (t = 8.615, p = 0.000) was significantly different between high and low academic achievers. The higher achievers were pragmatic and activist while the lower achievers were reflective and theorists. This study also showed that learning styles i.e. activist (r = 0.395, p = 0.000), reflective (r = 0.476, p = 0.000), theorist (r = 0.492, p = 0.000) and pragmatist (r = 0.471, p = 0.000) were significantly correlated with academic achievement. Theorist learning style has the strongest correlation with academic achievement followed by reflective and pragmatist and the weakest learning style is activist. This study implied that other factors like a classroom environment, instructional delivery, and students’ self-efficacy should be investigated in future studies to explain the academic achievement of the students. This study supported the notion that learning styles are important to facilitate teachers in planning and implementing the lesson and for students to develop meta-cognitive ability to learn with the best style suited to them.

scholarly journals A Survey of the Relationship between Academic Burnout and Academic Achievement of Dental Students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 70-79
Author(s):  
M Falahchai ◽  
M Taheri ◽  
H Neshandar Asli ◽  
Y Babaee Hemmati ◽  
S Pourseyedian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Academic Burnout ◽  
The Relationship
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