Open AccessQualitative assessment of learning strategies among medical students using focus group discussions and in-depth interviews
Author(s) -
Anuradha Joshi,
Jaishree Ganjiwale,
Jagdish Varma,
Pooja Singh,
Jyoti Nath Modi,
Tejinder Singh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/ijabmr.ijabmr_144_17
Subject(s) - focus group , psychology , learning styles , small group learning , medical education , qualitative research , mathematics education , constructive , study skills , computer science , medicine , social science , process (computing) , marketing , sociology , business , operating system
Globally, students with top academic performance and high intellectual capacity usually opt to study medicine. However, once students get enrolled, their academic performance varies widely. Such variations appear to be determined by various factors, one of them being types of learning strategies adopted by students. The learning strategies utilized by the students with better academic performance are likely to be more effective learning strategies.