IJME - The relationship between study strategies and academic performance

Table 1. Pre- and Post- Inter-Item Correlations, Means, and Standard deviation (N = 168)

Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Post Mean	Post SD
1 Academic performance	––	.248^**	.250^**	.123	.113	-.032	.173^*	.128	.218^**	.141	.278^**	-.130	.213^*	.249^**	664.52	38.08
2 MCAT	.212^*	––	.090	-.185	.342^**	-.281^**	-.166	-.004	-.218^*	-.099	.166	-.241^**	-.253^**	.116	28.79	3.04
3 UGPA	.308^**	.090	––	-.008	.068	.041	.087	.108	.120	.054	.122	.090	.120	.149	3.63	.25
4 SDLRS	-.015	-.034	-.270^**	––	.276^**	.505^**	.429^**	.494^**	.437^**	.289^**	.517^**	.322^**	.380^**	.474^**	231.47	24.56
LASSI subscales
5 Anxiety	.038	.260^**	-.108	.446^**	––	.138	.217^**	.361^**	.111	.078	.474^**	-.155	.089	.531^**	29.77	6.54
6 Attitude	-.100	-.263^**	-.056	.438^**	.281^**	––	.489^**	.260^**	.498^**	.304^**	.329^**	.493^**	.391^**	.317^**	32.68	4.05
7 Concentration	.023	-.087	-.106	.369^**	.424^**	.483^**	––	.287^**	.497^**	.399^**	.343^**	.232^**	.533^**	.417^**	26.51	5.96
8 Information processing	-.058	-.024	-.115	.572^**	.367^**	.303^**	.325^**	––	.351^**	.392^**	.448^**	.149	.171^*	.434^**	28.93	4.68
9 Motivation	.085	-.242^**	.093	.371^**	.188^*	.423^**	.356^**	.279^**	––	.475^**	.446^**	.334^**	.673^**	.519^**	32.01	4.13
10 Self-Testing	.043	-.241^**	-.028	.348^**	.032	.234^**	.378^**	.414^**	.391^**	––	.355^**	.343^**	.444^**	.393^**	24.29	5.35
11 Selecting Main Idea	.104	.056	-.069	.592^**	.568^**	.294^**	.545^**	.411^**	.309^**	.276^**	––	.153	.253^**	.745^**	29.21	5.74
12 Study Aid	-.125	-.371^**	-.043	.264^**	-.083	.344^**	.319^**	.349^**	.392^**	.460^**	.099	––	.331^**	.030	23.45	4.73
13 Time Management	-.023	-.258^**	.090	.255^**	.080	.302^**	.506^**	.330^**	.543^**	.596^**	.285^**	.519^**	––	.288^**	28.76	6.16
14 Test Strategies	.172^*	.089	-.030	.484^**	.578^**	.390^**	.556^**	.365^**	.383^**	.199^*	.763^**	.076	.266^**	––	30.17	4.92
Pre Mean	414.21	28.79	3.63	239.68	29.66	33.99	28.52	30.35	34.92	25.36	29.71	25.57	28.91	31.63
Pre SD	24.55	3.04	.25	21.78	6.39	3.35	5.78	5.13	3.66	5.86	5.43	5.94	6.69	4.38

*Correlation is statistically significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). **Correlation is statistically significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Key: SD = standard deviation; SDLRS = Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale; LASSI = Learning and Study Strategies Inventory. The lower left triangle was the bivariate correlation matrix for students Year I overall performance, MCAT, UGPA, pre-SDLRS, and pre-LASSI subscales, and the upper triangle was the bivariate correlation matrix for students Year II overall performance, MCAT, UGPA, post-SDLRS, and post-LASSI subscales.

Int J Med Educ. 2016; 7:324-332; doi: 10.5116/ijme.57dc.fe0f