Fatemeh Bakouei; Farzan Kheirkhah; Hajar Salmalian; Shabnam Omidvar
Volume 7, Issue 1 , July 2010, , Pages 44-50
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Background & Objective : Students educational success is of utmost importance As educational slump has always been a great concern in different fields this study was conducted to assess ≤ the effective factors on educational status of midwifery students in Babol University of Medical Sciences ...
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Background & Objective : Students educational success is of utmost importance As educational slump has always been a great concern in different fields this study was conducted to assess ≤ the effective factors on educational status of midwifery students in Babol University of Medical Sciences Methods: This descriptiveanalytical study was conducted on 152 midwifery students According to the Grade Point Average (GPA) of previous terms students were classified into three groups including good (GPA ≥ 17) average (14
Tayebeh Fasihi Harandi; Mansoreh Azizzadeh Forozi; Sakineh Mohammad Alizadeh; Zahra Ghazanfari Moghaddam
Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2008, , Pages 100-107
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Background & Objective: Classrooms are suitable places for transferring teachers experiences to the students and a better understanding of educational contents The students absence from theoretical classes has been one of the increasing and most important educational problems in medical universities ...
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Background & Objective: Classrooms are suitable places for transferring teachers experiences to the students and a better understanding of educational contents The students absence from theoretical classes has been one of the increasing and most important educational problems in medical universities in recent years This study was performed to determine the effective factors on theoretical class attendance according to nursing and midwifery students point of view in Kerman Razi School of Nursing and Midwifery Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2003 Methods: In this descriptive – analytic study 320 nursing and midwifery students were asked to fill in the researchermade questionnaires using a census method Totally 217 questionnaires were filled Results : Among all 217 students 879% were female and 757% were single Students mean age (± SD) was 224(±4) years Native students were 567% and only 146% were employed Among the effective factors on theoretical class attendance the highest mean scores belong to “teachers scientific dominance and orientation” (47) “students interest in the related topic” (467) “proper teaching method” (466) “importance of class attendance for better comprehension of the lesson” (458) and the lowest mean scores belong to “classrooms physical environment” (385) “not attending the class as a duty” (388) using audiovisual aids (395) Conclusion : The findings showed that attending classes is affected by factors related to both teachers and studentsBut the teachers scientific dominance and orientation teaching methodology and students involvement during class discussions are the main factors which determine students attendance in the classes
