An investigation into university students’ study skills

Abstract

Students’ study skills consisting of different dimensions are regarded as specific indicators of their academic performance. It was aimed to examine if there is a significant difference regarding the students’ motivation, time management, preparation for the examination, their score of examination and anxiety management according to their gender, departments and Undergraduate Placement Exam (UPE) scores. The current study was conducted during 2016-2017 academic year with the participation of 117 male and 55 female students of different disciplines at Yildiz Technical University. The information about the ability to study was gathered through a questionnaire developed by Bay, Tugluk and Gencdogan (2005). Data were analysed using One-Way ANOVA, t-test, and Pearson correlation analysis. According to ANOVA results, it was seen that there aresignificant differences between students’ departments and time management. Also, T-test results indicated that there is a significant difference between female and male students in terms of their departments and time management dimension. Yet,the findings showed that there is not a significant correlation between students’ UPE scores and dimensions of study skills. Keywords: Study skills; university students.