Student attitudes and their academic performance: Is there any relationship?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-56

  Liddell, Merilyn J ^a   Davidson, Sandra K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ATTITUDE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 1242345196     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590310001642993     Document Type: Article

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