Author/Authors :
-، - نويسنده 1Nursing Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IRAN Sanagoo, Akram , -، - نويسنده Education Development Center, Golestan University Of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IRAN Jouybari, Leila M , -، - نويسنده Student Research Committee, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Ghana, Samieh , -، - نويسنده Student Research Committee, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IRAN Sadeghi AlhaAbadi, Javad , -، - نويسنده Student Research Committee, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IRAN Rahimi, Masood , -، - نويسنده Student Research Committee, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IRAN Sedghi, Sadegh , -، - نويسنده Faculty of Nursing and
Midwifery of Amol, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences,
Sari, Iran Sharifnia, Seyyed Hamid
Abstract :
Background: the inappropriate use of handouts and notes is a common academic problem among students. Studentsʹ notes are too brief and incomplete in compare with references; hence they may not cover the required content for the courses. The aim of this paper is to analyze studentsʹ attitude toward reading handouts and notes instead of references. Methods: In this analytical and descriptive study a representative sample of 201participants, including medical, paramedical, nursing and midwifery students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences, has been drawn. The data derived from this research has been collected by a valid and reliable questionnaire. There have been 39 questions in the questionnaire ranging from 1 to 5, based on Likert scale; five represents that students are proponent of reading notes. The sum of scores was 20; the 16th version of SPSS, T-test, one-way and two-way variance analysis at significance level pFindings: 66.7% of participants were female. ANOVA test showed that there were significant differences among the mean of attitudes of medical students (18.15±1.37), nursing (17.15±1.46), and paramedical (17.67±1.35) (P=0.008). The overall results revealed that the huge amount of content of references is the main factor for studentsʹ tendency to use notes instead of references. Conclusion: the final result was that students have got positive attitude to note-taking during courses and use their notes as their direct reference material, while the class notes are not reasonably efficient, particularly when used as the main learning strategy.
