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STUDENTS‘ APPROACHES TO LEARNING IN AN INNOVATIVE MEDICAL SCHOOL: A CROSS‐SECTIONAL STUDY
Author(s) -
CLARKE RUFUS M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1986.tb03044.x
Subject(s) - psychology , medical education , medical school , academic year , pedagogy , mathematics education , medicine
S ummary . A slightly modified version of Entwistle and Ramsden's Approaches to Studying Inventory was administered to first‐, third‐ and final‐year students in an innovative medical school (response rate 84 per cent), to see whether the Inventory's constructs also apply to medical students, to see whether they might constitute a helpful framework for counselling students in academic difficulty, and to see whether the students' responses reflected the educational philosophy of the school. The psychometric robustness of the instrument was confirmed, and its applicability to these groups of medical students was established. The instrument was not highly predictive of academic success, but seemed to offer a useful framework for student counselling. Student responses to the inventory were consistent with the school's educational philosophy.