Academic failure and students’ viewpoint: The influence of individual, internal and external organizational factors
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3 Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Education and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil
4 Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
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چکیده
Background: Educational failure is one of the most important problems in higher educationinstitutes in Iran. This study was performed to investigate the factors affecting students’ academicfailure in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectionaldescriptive study, 280 students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were studied in 2009.They were chosen using multiple cluster sampling. The students’ demographic characteristicsand study information were collected by a valid and reliable questionnaire. Data were analyzedwith SPSS (15) software. Results: The most important factors affecting educational failure fromstudents’ point of view were: curriculum (4.23 ± 0.63), factors related to educator (3.88 ± 0.55),learning environment (3.63 ± 0.62), family factors (3.53 ± 0.6), socioeconomic factors (3.45 ±0.69). There is a significant relationship between attitudes of students in two sexes and educator(P = 0.03) and socioeconomic environment (P = 0.003). In addition, the results did not show asignificant difference between attitudes of students with age, marital status and employment status(P > 0.05). Conclusion: More attention to curriculum, factors related to educator and learningenvironment can prevent students’ educational failure, in addition to preventing loss of resourcesand contribute to develop a more effective educational system.
