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ArticleFrontiers in dental medicine2026

Learning approaches and their association with academic performance among undergraduate students in a dental teaching institution in India.

Venkitachalam Ramanarayanan, Parvathy Balachandran, Anju James, Gowri A Anu, Joe Joseph, Beena Varma

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Venkitachalam RamanarayananDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, India.
Parvathy BalachandranDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, India.
Anju JamesDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, India.
Gowri A AnuDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, India.
Joe JosephDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Sree Mookambika Institute of Dental Sciences, Kanyakumari, India.
Beena VarmaDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, India.

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Abstract

Purpose: This cross-sectional survey was aimed to assess the preference of learning approach and its correlation with academic performance in a dental teaching institution. Methods: The survey was conducted in a dental teaching institution among all undergraduate students using Revised Two-Factor Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F). Results: A total of 155 students participated in the study. A statistically significant positive correlation between deep approach scores and academic performance ( Conclusion: The mean scores of deep and surface approaches (and its sub-domains) increased over the years in the pre-clinical and clinical phase.

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academic performancedental educationdental studentslearninglearning preferences

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PMCPMC13149426

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