The Relation Between Time Spent on Individual Study and Academic Achievement in a Problem-Based Curriculum.
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.
Van Den Hurk
M.M.
MM
University of Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Wolfhagen
H.A.P.
HA
Dolmans
D.H.J.M.
DH
Van Der Vleuten
C.P.M.
CP