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The Relation Between Time Spent on Individual Study and Academic Achievement in a Problem-Based Curriculum

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Logically a relation is expected between time spent on individual study and achievement. The purpose of this study is to examine whether a positive relation exists between the amount of time spent on individual study and academic achievement and whether this differs when using a test measuring short-term knowledge or one measuring long-term knowledge. Data were collected in a problem-based medical curriculum. The results suggest that time spent on individual study correlates poorly with scores on the test measuring short-term knowledge but also with those on the test measuring long-term knowledge. This study reaffirms the complexity of the relationship and it demonstrates the importance to search for qualitative factors about the way students learn.

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    M.M. van den Hurk, H.A.P. Wolfhagen, D.H.J.M. Dolmans & C.P.M. van der Vleuten

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van den Hurk, M., Wolfhagen, H., Dolmans, D. et al. The Relation Between Time Spent on Individual Study and Academic Achievement in a Problem-Based Curriculum. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 3, 43–49 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009732511707

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