The Effect of Affective Self- Regulation Training Workshop on Academic Achievement in Emergency Medical Students in Higher Diploma

Abstract

The aim of this research was determining the Effect of Affective Self- Regulation Training Workshop on Academic Achievement in Emergency Medical Students in Higher Diploma in Ilam University of Medical Sciences. This interventional study with pre-post test design without control group was a part of an action research greater study for directing and implementing an educational process. The intervention included three- hour's two educational workshops of "improving self esteem" and "success laws" that were taken for 23 students in their third term in 2015. Data gathering were done by valid and reliable questionnaires of self esteem of Cooper Smith and fear of success of Good. Data analyzed by descriptive and inferential (t- paired) statistics in SPSS21. Mean of the self esteem increased from 32.76±5.37 before intervention to 38.14±4.77 after intervention (p=0.001). Mean of the fear of success decreased from 12.57±3.85 before intervention to 9.90±2.02 after intervention (p=0.001). Average marks of these students decreased from second term to third term; but wasn’t significant (p=0.058). Their average marks increased from first term to third term (p=0.03). Workshop education of self esteem and success laws by the advisor led to increasing self esteem, decreasing fear of success and relatively improving the academic achievement of the students of Emergency Medical in higher diploma. Considering the importance of affective domain in self- regulated learning as an essential element in motivation and acceleration of students learning as well as the facilitator role of the advisor in this regards, carrying out these workshops and the same in affective domain of self- regulated learning were proposed.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n4S2p11