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Health sciences students’ perception of the educational environment and its role in predicting academic buoyancy
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Taleb Askaripoor   1, Ayat Rahmani2 , Hamed Aghaei3 , Vahideh Abolhasannejad4 , Ali Mohammad Abbasi5 , Masoud Shafii motlagh6 , Mohammad Ebrahim Ghaffari7 , Mahdi Mohammadian Mastanabad2 , Mohammad Ali Jalilvand2 , Elehe Kazemi8 |
1- Semnan University of Medical Sciences , taleb.askaripoor@yahoo.com
2- Semnan University of Medical Sciences
3- Arak University of Medical Sciences
4- Birgand University of Medical Sciences
5- Ilam University of Medical Sciences
6- Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
7- Guilan University of Medical Sciences
8- Mohammad Ali |
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Abstract: (2362 Views) |
Introduction: Students’ perceptions of their educational environment play a very crucial role in the learning process, academic buoyancy and performance. This study aimed to investigate health sciences students’ perceptions of the educational environment and evaluated the predictability of academic buoyancy through their perceptions of the educational environment.
Methods: This research was a descriptive -correlational study. The statistical population consisted of all health students who were studying in Ilam, Arak, Birjand, Semnan and Hamadan Universities of Medical Sciences in the academic year 2018-19. A total number of 475 students were selected through multistage random sampling method and the data of 400 participants were analyzed (response rate = 84.2%). Data were gathered using a Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) and academic buoyancy questionnaires. In this study, while using SPSS v.22 software, independent samples t-test, one–way ANOVA, simple and multiple regressions were employed for data analysis.
Results: The mean overall DREEM score was 114.1±22.92 (maximum, 200). The result showed that students' perceptions of the educational environment would predict 9% of the variance of their academic buoyancy (R=0.304, R2=0.092, Adjusted R2=0.09, F=40.507, p<0.01). Also, regression coefficients showed that the components of students’ perceptions of the educational environment, except the component of students’ perceptions of teachers, had a significant role in predicting academic buoyancy.
Conclusion: Health students’ perceptions of their educational environment were at a moderate level shows that the educational environment was found to be more positive than negative. Nevertheless, addressing accurate assessments, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and conducting educational interventions are essential to enhance students' perceptions of the educational environment and, consequently, improve academic buoyancy. |
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| Keywords: Academic buoyancy, Students’ perception of the educational environment, Health |
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Article Type: Original Research |
Subject:
Student Interaction with Education
Received: 2019/11/13 | Accepted: 2019/12/31 | Published: 2020/10/31
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