Evaluation of Effecting Factors on Educational Status of Nutrition and Food Science Students

Evaluation of Effecting Factors on Educational Status of Nutrition and Food Science Students

Authors

  • Soleiman Ahmady
  • Soheilakabiriyan Abyaneh
  • Roohollah Ferdosi

Keywords:

Student, education, educational status

Abstract

Background & Objective: The most important indicator of academic performance is student learning that it can be used to measure their educational status. This study was conducted with the aim of assessing effecting factors on educational status of nutrition and food science students an undergraduate School of Nutrition Science and food industry. Methodology: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study which has been conducted during the year of 2010. Total undergraduate students (395) of food science and the food industry science in the College of food Sciences and nutrition industryin ShahidBeheshti Medical Universityhad been selected by census. Information on demographic characteristics, knowledge of the discipline and professionalism, space and learning environment by using questionnaires have been collected. The data had been analyzed by ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, Toki test and SPSS/16.Results: In this research,maternal education level (p<0.01), the average family economic situation (p<0.009) and financial support for students (p<0.015), it is effect on educational status of students. According to the results of person correlation test,time until entering university diploma (p<0.015) and students Knowing of learning environment (p=0.001) showed a significant relationship with educational status. Conclusion: According to the results this study and the role of individual and family variables in the education process of students, that educational and culturalinstitutions develop a comprehensive and detailed plan in this regard and evaluate the resulting changes.[Soleiman A NJIRM 2017; 8(1): 97-103]

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2018-01-31

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Ahmady, S., Abyaneh, S., & Ferdosi, R. (2018). Evaluation of Effecting Factors on Educational Status of Nutrition and Food Science Students: Evaluation of Effecting Factors on Educational Status of Nutrition and Food Science Students. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 8(1), 97–103. Retrieved from http://nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/njirm/article/view/1179

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