ARTICLE INFO

Article Type

Descriptive & Survey Study

Authors

Behnamfar   R. (1)
Zameni   F. (*)
Enayati   T. (1)






(*) Educational Sciences Department, Human Sciences Faculty, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
(1) Educational Sciences Department, Human Sciences Faculty, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
(1) Educational Sciences Department, Human Sciences Faculty, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

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Article History

Received:   July  25, 2015
Accepted:   August 5, 2015
ePublished:   August 10, 2015

ABSTRACT

Aims Educational field satisfaction and participation in class activities and training process are very important factors in educational success and quality. Students, who are not interested in their educational field, don't have sufficient motivation for proper study in their fields. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of dissatisfaction with educational field in the class silence behavior.
Instrument & Methods In this descriptive research in 2014-15 academic year, 382 students of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences of Yazd City, Iran, were selected by stratified random sampling method. A questionnaire with 24 questions was used to measure the class silence and dissatisfaction with educational field. Data were analyzed in SPSS 16 software by Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis and Linear regression tests.
Findings Students were satisfied with their field and did not recognize themselves as silent persons in class. Dissatisfaction with educational field was effective on class silence (p=0.0001) and 0.227 of variability of silence was explained by dissatisfaction with educational field (p=0.0001).
Conclusion Dissatisfaction with educational field is effective on lack of student participation in the educational process and being silent in class.


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