Abbas Heydari; Mostafa Rad; Mohammad Reza Ghasemi
Volume 12, Issue 2 , August 2015, , Pages 366-376
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Background & Objective: One of factors influencing students academic achievement is academic engagement The aim of this study was to perform a comprehensive investigation on conceptual dimensions of academic engagement and the factors affecting it Methods: A comprehensive search of ...
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Background & Objective: One of factors influencing students academic achievement is academic engagement The aim of this study was to perform a comprehensive investigation on conceptual dimensions of academic engagement and the factors affecting it Methods: A comprehensive search of literature published during 20012014 was performed using Persian and English databases including Magiran SID Scopus and PubMed As a result 190 texts were obtained After a close study 22 papers with the keywords of student engagement and academic engagement time were selected Selection criteria were the existence of any dimension of the concept of academic engagement and factors affecting it in the paper Results: After assessing 22 articles the dimensions of academic engagement concept and its influencing factors were made clear Academic engagement consists of the educational behavioral cognitive and psychological dimensions Factors which affect academic engagement are the education institutions characteristics teaching methods servicebased learning technology and various levels of academic engagement Conclusion: Through the recognition of dimensions of academic engagement and by applying factors that influence students academic engagement the wasting of their time and energy can be prevented and a valuable work force can be developed Since university engagement has been less studied in medical sciences in our country it is recommended that qualitative and quantitative research be performed in this field
Esmat Noohi; Hamideh Montazeri; Mostafa Shokohi
Volume 12, Issue 1 , May 2015, , Pages 1-9
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Background & Objective: The concept of active engagement or academic engagement is a certain understanding of the relationship between students and the university The university is an environment that provides learning opportunities that will lead to student learning The nature and level of ...
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Background & Objective: The concept of active engagement or academic engagement is a certain understanding of the relationship between students and the university The university is an environment that provides learning opportunities that will lead to student learning The nature and level of learning depends on the students way of using their environmental resources Positive engagement and an interactive supportive academic environment are essential elements in success in the learning process On the other hand isolation alienation and passiveness of students results in their academic failure The aim of the present study was to investigate academic engagement of medical students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran in 20112012 In this study 2 domains of academic engagement were investigated (active and participatory learning and level of academic challenge) Methods: In this descriptiveanalytical crosssectional study all medical students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences were recruited using stratified random sampling method The data collection tool was the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Results: In this study 211 medical students from different academic years with the average age of 226 ± 31 were enrolled The mean active engagement score of the students was 9864 ± 3233 Active and cooperative learning was at a significant level based on all demographic variables except employment The active and cooperative learning of male students differed significantly from that of female students married students from single students different academic years and native from local students Moreover students who were members of one of the academic centers had significantly higher active and participatory learning scores Mean active and participatory learning and level of academic challenge were 174 ± 56 and 217 ± 71 respectively Both domains were reported as unsatisfactory among students Conclusion: The results showed the unsatisfactory academic engagment status of the students of the Kerman University of Medical Sciences Thus it is hoped that with future planning to use more modern teaching methods which have a higher level of academic challenges and active and collaborative learning and by the appropriate support of the university university staff and faculty members we are able to take steps toward the improvement of academic engagement and thereby student success