ARTICLE INFO

Article Type

Descriptive & Survey Study

Authors

Hashemi   S.A. (* )






(* ) Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lamerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lamerd, Iran

Correspondence

Article History

Received:  January  1, 2015
Accepted:  March 8, 2015
ePublished:  March 15, 2015

BRIEF TEXT


… [1-9] Developing creative and intellectual people is of the major missions of the educational systems of the countries [10]. … [11] Educational goals and university curricula should be chosen, designed and organized in the way that students can explore the learning process without any bias, freely and thoughtfully and integrate their learning [12]. … [13-17]

Cooperative method of teaching has been effective on social skills, and teaching method 5E has been effective on the academic achievement and has increased learning [18]. The experimental group instructors` skills have been significantly effective on improving learning and study strategies, cognitive strategies and metacognitive strategies [19]. The difference between the current situation and desired qualifications of the instructors is significant, and the difference is significant in all major components [20]. Five factors of teaching skills, that is instructor`s experience, instructor`s general training knowledge, instructor`s communication skills and knowledge related to the content of the subject have been identified by the teachers [21]. … [22-26]

The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between the use of basic skills of teaching and improving students` academic performance in Lamerd School of Nursing.

This study is functional in terms of the purpose and it is descriptive-correlative study in terms of method.

Students who were studying at the School of Nursing, Islamic Azad University, Lamerd branch (Iran), were studied during 2013-2014.

Using census method, all students (95 subjects) were studied.

The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire for measuring academic performance of students based on their average score at the end of semester, the validity of which was confirmed by experts and its reliability was calculated as 0.88 using Cronbrach's Alpha. This questionnaire contained 26 questions, and the subjects responded to each item based on the 5-point Likert scale (totally agree, agree, to some extent, disagree, and totally disagree). To examine and analyze the data, descriptive statistics indices (frequency, percentage, cumulative percentage, and diagram) and inferential statistics (Pearson Correlation Coefficient, Independent-T test, and ANOVA) were used; Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to investigate the correlation between the teaching basic skills, pre-teaching skills, on-line teaching skills, and post-teaching skills as independent variables and to improve academic performance of the students as dependent variable. To compare the opinion of the students in different semesters about the level of basic skills used by the instructors, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used. To compare the opinion of male and female students about the level of basic skills used by the instructors, Independent-T test was used.

46 subjects were male and 49 were female. 25 subjects had entered the university in 2011, 36 subjects had entered the university in 2012 and 34 were the entries in 2013. Instructors` teaching skills from the viewpoints of the students with the mean of 3.05, was above the average level; and 48.7% of the students had the GPA above the students' mean score. There was a direct and significant correlation between the use of basic skills and students 'academic performance. In addition, a direct and significant correlation was observed between the use of pre-teaching skills, online-teaching skills and post-teaching skills with academic performance of the students. With respect to the level of basic teaching skills used by the instructors, there was a significant difference between the viewpoints of the students who had entered university at different semesters. However, no significant difference was observed between the viewpoints of female students (93.47 ± 21.14) and the male ones (90.03 ± 20.33) in this respect.

A significant correlation was observed between the rate of using teaching basic skills and academic performance of nursing students. The results of this study are consistent with the findings of other studies [2, 7, 19, 27] in the effect of instructors` teaching skills on the academic performance. There was a significant correlation between the rate of using pre-teaching skills, online teaching-skills, and post-teaching skills with academic performance of the students. The results of this study are in line with the results of other studies [7, 19, 27] on the effect of teaching skills of teachers on academic performance. A significant difference was observed between the viewpoints of the students from various semesters about the level of teaching basic skills used by the instructors. This finding is consistent with other studies [7]. However, no significant difference was observed between the viewpoints of male and female students in the level of instructors` utilization of teaching basic skills. This finding is consistent with the findings of some other studies [19]. … [28-30]

Each instructor can make a friendly and respectful relationship with the learners by changing his speech tone and voice and prevent turmoil in the classroom.

The level of samples` familiarity with the dimensions and components and their accuracy in completing the questionnaires were the limitations of this study.

By increasing the instructor`s basic skills of teaching, academic performance improves.

Officials in nursing school of Lamerd city are appreciated.

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This study was conducted with the financial support of Islamic Azad University, Lamard branch.


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