OBJECTIVES The objective of this study is to investigate the correlation between the psychomotor skills and the academic performance of dental students. METHODS Didactic and preclinical scores were collected for students who graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2011. Three courses (Dental Anatomy, Removable Prosthodontic Denture, and Ort...

Because it is often impractical or impossible to obtain school transcripts or records on subjects, many researchers rely on college students to accurately self-report their academic record as part of their data collection procedures. The purpose of this study is to investigate the validity and reliability of student self-reported academic performance. As expected the study finds overall validit...

introduction: during the recent decades, many scholars focused on the physical activities as an influencing factor on psychological and mental status. concerning the importance of university students’ mental health, this paper investigates the effects of physical activities on promoting their mental health. materials & methods: in this descriptive analytical study, 200 female students of shahee...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there are differences between different age and gender groups of adult learners when they are compared simultaneously on the number of messages they post, selfefficacy improvement and academic performance in an online learning environment. A two-way MANOVA revealed significant main and interaction effects on the dependent variables. Older stu...

The purpose of this study was to identify the performance differences between two groups of Austrian dental students (one with a prior medical degree and one without a medical degree) during their dental school training and final dental licensure examination. A specific aim was to determine if having a medical degree is a predictive factor for dental students' scores on the Austrian Dental Admi...

background: final exam is one of evaluation methods of students. we can utilize indexes such as difficulty index and discrimination index in order to analyze each test questions or to determine questions taxonomy. however, these methods have inter- testing look and do not consider the relationship between various tests results. inter correlation between final exam score and the average indirect...

introduction. medical education curriculum improvements can be achieved by evaluating students’ performance. medical students have to pass two undergraduate comprehensive examinations, basic science and preinternship, in iran. to measure validity of the students’ mean score in comprehensive basic science exam (cbse) for predicting their performance in later curriculum phases. methods. this desc...

abstract background: neurolinguistic programming (nlp) refers to the science and art of reaching success and perfection. it is a collection of the skills based on human beings’ psychological characteristics through which the individuals obtain the ability to use their personal capabilities as much as possible. this study aimed to investigate the efficacy of nlp training on mental health in nurs...