Study Strategies of Dental Students and its Relation to Academic Performance
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Dental Education - Year 2017, Vol 10, Issue 4
Abstract
Context: To understand the study skill patterns in dental Students. Aims: The aim of the study is to find out if there is relationship between study skills and academic performance of dental students. Settings and Design: A cross sectional study was conducted in the department of oral medicine and radiology, 42 dental students, who consented to participate in the study were included.permission was taken from IEC. Methods and Material:” Study skills assessment questionnaire” is taken from counselling services of Houston university the questionnaire was validated by the faculty of our institution. All the students were expected to self assess their study skills scoring was based on a “four choice likert scale”. Data collected was compared with their academic performance based on their university level performance of final BDS percentage of marks. Statistical Analysis Used: Frequency and descriptive analysis was done and chisquare test was applied. Results: Out of 42 dental students, age ranged from 21 to 28 years with a mean of 23.55 for males and 23.32 for females. Percentage of marks ranged from 54.5 to 75 with a mean of 64.38. The overall scores of the study skills ranged from 108219 with a mean of 175.43. Statistically significant results were obtained in all the sections of the questionnaire (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Study strategies have influence on the academic performance and definitely will influence academic achievement. Dental students need to be exposed to study skills and this should be planned by university as well as at institutional level.
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Jangam Daya Kaustubh
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