The Role of Learning Strategies in Students' Success
S. Ahmad Hashemi
PhD Student, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran, Iran
Hmd_hashemi@yahoo.com
Ezatolah Naderi, Ali Shariatmadari, and Maryam Seif Naraghi
Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran, Iran
Abouzar Hemmati
M.S Student, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Fars, Iran
Abstract
This research is aimed at the study of the application of learning strategies in successful and unsuccessful students at the Islamic Azad University, Lamerd branch. It is studied how the above mentioned students have used or not used the following items in education: motivation strategies, point of view, time management, anxiety overcoming, concentration, information processing, main idea selection, study skills, self assessment, and exam participation. To do so I have used LASSI questionnaire among the students of English, business and industrial management, primary education, political sciences, and chemistry engineering. The results are then analyzed by different approaches of descriptive statistics as wall as inferential statistics including T-test, one-way ANOVA, regression, and correlation coefficient. After the above criteria were applied and analyzed it was discovered that there is a significant difference between the successful and unsuccessful students regarding the use of study skills. In other words the application of learning strategies is generally more among the successful students on the average.