Mahdieh Torkashvand; Matineh Pourrahimi; Hadi Jalilvand; Mojtaba Abdi; Ebrahim Nasiri; Fatemeh Haghi
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Background: Students’ academic failure is one of the educational problems causing the loss of allocated resources.Objectives: This study aimed to assess the factors affecting the academic failure of students and their viewpoints regarding the factors affecting educational achievement at Guilan ...
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Background: Students’ academic failure is one of the educational problems causing the loss of allocated resources.Objectives: This study aimed to assess the factors affecting the academic failure of students and their viewpoints regarding the factors affecting educational achievement at Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Guilan, Iran.Methods: The present cross-sectional analytical study was conducted on 375 students in medical, nursing, and other related fields. A valid and reliable multipart questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. Based on the obtained results, the criteria for academic failure were extracted. Then, due to abnormal data distribution, Spearman nonparametric statistical test was used to analyze the data using both SPSS software (version 23) and GraphPad Prism software (version 7).Results: According to the obtained results, the frequency of academic failure in the study population was 25.6%. Moreover, 28.46% of the students were satisfied with their field of study. Academic failure showed the strongest relationships with gender, regularity, and precision in the study. Furthermore, the most effective factors in educational achievement from the students’ viewpoints were student motivation, professor’s mastery over the subject, and student occupational future.Conclusion: It is necessary to create a system to precisely investigate students’ academic failure and counseling needs to help them if necessary.
Mahshid Loloie; Ali Akbar Haghdoost; Azam Bazrafshan; Maryam Okhovati; Ali Mohammad Mokhtari; Morteza Zare
Volume 13, Issue 5 , January 2017, , Pages 505-514
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Background & Objective: academic failure has always been one of the major challenges of higher education institutions that could cause serious individual and social outcomes This study aimed to analysis the effect of potential factors on students academic failure in Kerman University of Medical Sciences ...
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Background & Objective: academic failure has always been one of the major challenges of higher education institutions that could cause serious individual and social outcomes This study aimed to analysis the effect of potential factors on students academic failure in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This was an unmatched casecontrol study The study population consisted of all undergraduate students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences in two semesters in 2012 From 514 selected students 246 were assigned to the case group and the rest were studied in the control group Data were collected using a selfadministered questionnaire via consensus methodology The questionnaire consisted of three sections: individual family and academic factors Reliability of the questionnaire was approved by a group of faculty members and its internal consistency was estimated as 082 Data were analyzed using SPSS software Results: The mean age of studied students was 222 years The mean grade point average (GPA) of was 142 and 169 in cases and controls respectively Academic failure was 164 times more in boys than the girls (P = 002) and 159 times more in students who had a sense of frustration (P = 002) Students who reported using drugs tobacco or alcohol experienced academic failure 639 times more than the others (P = 001) Conclusion: Academic failure is a phenomenon affected by multiple factors Therefore reducing it requires the participation of a wide range of people taking part in students learning
Ali Akbar Haghdoost; Rezvan Ansari; Tahereh Changiz
Volume 12, Issue 4 , January 2016, , Pages 570-585
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Background & Objective: Recognition of the causes and correlates of academic failure which is one of the failures of the education system is an important practical issue in education researches Despite the large number of studies in this field in Iran no comprehensive reviews of all published documents ...
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Background & Objective: Recognition of the causes and correlates of academic failure which is one of the failures of the education system is an important practical issue in education researches Despite the large number of studies in this field in Iran no comprehensive reviews of all published documents in this respect have been carried out Thus the aim of the present study was the systematic review of all texts published during the previous 15 years and determination of the role of individual personality and social factors related to academic failure of students Methods: In the present study documents were systematically reviewed and information gathered Articles which were related to the causes of academic failure of students of medical universities in Iran and published from March 1999 until February 2010 were studied Using census method 1008 articles were screened The full text of 26 articles with minimum quality of research was available Results: Based on the findings of the study male gender higher age of entry to college marriage mental and physical problems lack of interest in the field of education lower average score of school diploma or previous degree longer duration of time from diploma to university admission lack of studying during the term greater use of the internet and lack of scientific and research activities are individual factors that can lead to academic failure in students Based on the systematic review of literature the causes of academic failure of students were having a second job living in the dormitory and a nonempirical diploma Among familial and social factors low education level of father and mother financial problems family problems large number of family members poor social activity and being an extrovert were associated with academic failure Conclusion: Despite the many studies on the causes of academic failure it seems that the standards and definitions used in different studies vary Therefore to promote the quality of work standardization must be performed The views of faculty members were largely consistent with the facts found in the literature This showed that university teachers experiences in this regard are reliable Moreover considering the major listed causes it seems that groups who are at higher risk of academic failure can be identified and preventive measures applied to them
Shahsanam Gheibi; Rahim Mohammad Loo; Seyed Javad Moosavi Vaezi; Zahra Yekta; Reza Pour Ali; Mahnaz Kafili
Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2011, , Pages 141-146
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Background & Objective : Academic failure in students of Medicine is one of the important educational issues that deserve serious attempts for the identification of its underlying factors and resolving This study was designed to find the rate of academic failure and its underlying causes in Medical ...
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Background & Objective : Academic failure in students of Medicine is one of the important educational issues that deserve serious attempts for the identification of its underlying factors and resolving This study was designed to find the rate of academic failure and its underlying causes in Medical students of Urmia University of Medical Science Methods : In this descriptive crosssectional study demographic and academic information of all students of Medicine in clinical setting who had been accepted in Urmia University of Medical Sciences in the academic years of 19992001 were collected from their academic files Data were analyzed through SPSS and using Chisquare and ttests Statistical significant level was considered 005 Results : A total of 176 academic files belonged to the entrant students in 2000 (n=71) 2001 (n=48) and 2002 (n=55) were studied The rate of academic failure was 223% in basic sciences period 07% in preinternship period and 265% in internship period Failure rate in preexternal examination was 1156% and in preinternal examination it was 56% Academic failure showed significant relationship with class nonattendance (p
Esmail Fakharian; Zahra Tagharrobi; Fakhrosadat Mirhoseini; Seyed Asghar Rasouli Nejad; Hosein Akbari; Hosein Ameli
Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2011, , Pages 153-160
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Background & Objective : Failure to pass academic courses and graduation delay are among important issues in educational systems In regard to the importance of recognizing causes of academic failure this study was designed to find risk factors of course failure academic probation and graduation delay ...
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Background & Objective : Failure to pass academic courses and graduation delay are among important issues in educational systems In regard to the importance of recognizing causes of academic failure this study was designed to find risk factors of course failure academic probation and graduation delay in medical graduates of Kashan University of Medical Sciences Methods : In this crosssectional study all graduates of Medical school in kashan University of Medical Sciences from 1986 to 2003 (n=586) were selected through census sampling method Demographic features the incidence and state of retaking academic courses academic probation and graduation delay were recorded in a questionnaire Then probable risk factors were determined by analyzing data through Chisquare and Fisher exact tests and logistic regression Results : Academic probation was seen in 32 ones (51%) and it had the highest prevalence in the first two semesters Course retaking and graduation delay had respectively occurred in 98 (1672%) and 189 subjects (323%) Biochemistry and Professional English were the most frequent retaken courses The most important risk factors of academic failure were found to be interuniversity transfers following quota system in student admission nondomestic admission being married and having low high school Diploma grade point average Conclusion : Considering the important role of demographic features educational background and admission criteria in academic standing modifying admission requirements as well as identifying and supporting at risk students are highly suggested
Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Hazavehei; Yadollah Fathei; Mehri Shamshirei
Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2006, , Pages 33-42
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Background: One of the priorities of research in education is study about the causes of students failure during their academic work Objective: To investigate the causes of students academic failure and probation Methods: In this casecontrol study 761 volunteer students in Hamadan University of Medical ...
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Background: One of the priorities of research in education is study about the causes of students failure during their academic work Objective: To investigate the causes of students academic failure and probation Methods: In this casecontrol study 761 volunteer students in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences during fall and spring semesters of 20012002 were participated Students were divided into two groups Case group consisted of 43 students who had academic failure leading to their probation and control group consisted of 718 students who were successful in their study program Data collection was done by a questionnaire designed based on eight main factors in learning process including: method of teaching evaluation educational materials planning for the semester courses personal characteristics environmental problems academic environment and accessibility of academic advisors The questionnaire was used after reliability and validity evaluation Results: The percentage of academic probation was higher in boys (94%) compared to girls (43%) Among eight factors affecting learning process there was a significant difference (P= 0014) between the two groups in their mean score of opinions about the method of teaching (356 ± 116 in the case group vs 359± 098 in the control group) There was also significant difference between the two groups in regard to mean score of the personal characteristics (436 ± 126 in case group vs 476 ±108 in control group P= 0023) The obtained mean scores for method of teaching and personal characteristics of the students was significantly higher according to the students who had a score below 10 for at least 1 course Mean scores of method of teaching and environmental & educational problems were significantly higher according to the students who had a score between 1012 in at least one course (P
