Assessing study skills among university students: an Iranian survey.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Numerous studies have revealed that study skills have a constructive role on the academic performance of students, in addition to educational quality, student' intelligence, and their affective characteristics. This study aims to examine study skills and the factors influencing them among the health sciences students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences in Iran.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study carried out from May to November 2013. A total of 340 Urmia health sciences students were selected using a simple sampling method. Data were collected using the Study Skills Assessment Questionnaire of Counseling Center of Houston University and analyzed with descriptive and analytical statistics.

Results

The mean and standard deviation of the students' study

SUBMITTER: Didarloo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4026853 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature