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Table 2 Comparison of the learning approaches

From: The relationship between learning preferences (styles and approaches) and learning outcomes among pre-clinical undergraduate medical students

 

Superficial

Deep/Strategic

Chi square

Odds ratio

 

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

 

Year 2

55 (25.3)

162 (74.7)

0.176

1.375

Year 3

40 (19.8)

162 (80.2)

  

(Yr2 & Yr3)

95 (22.7)

324 (77.3)

  

Malaysian

90 (23.5)

293 (76.5)

0.188

1.904

International

5 (13.9)

31 (86.1)

  

Online Lectures

66 (21.8)

237 (78.2)

0.482

1.197

Books

74 (22.2)

260 (77.8)

0.616

1.153

Discussion

23 (24.2)

72 (75.8)

0.684

0.894

Own Notes

12 (15.2)

67 (84.8)

0.078

1.803

Male

48 (25.5)

140 (74.5)

0.207

1.342

Female

47 (20.3)

184 (79.7)

  

Undergraduate

92 (22.4)

318 (77.6)

0.440

0.579

Postgraduate

3 (33.3)

6 (66.7)

  

Age ≤20

27 (20.9)

102 (79.1)

0.570

0.864

Age > 20

68 (23.4)

222 (76.6)

  

Unimodal

76 (22.2)

267 (77.8)

0.592

0.854

Multimodal

19 (25)

57 (75)

  

Mid/High Achievers

66 (20.6)

255 (79.4)

0.062

1.624

Low Achievers

29 (29.6)

69 (70.4)

  
  1. p-value < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.