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Direct linkTanilon, Jenny; Vedder, Paul; Segers, Mien; Tillema, Harm – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
A conceptual distinction is provided between conventional academic predictors and performance-based tests. Conventional academic predictors include grade average in prior education and academic achievement tests. Performance-based tests involve direct measures of a criterion. Subsequently, an empirical study is presented examining the incremental…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Graduate Study, Grade Point Average, Performance Based Assessment
Lubbers, Miranda J.; Van Der Werf, Margaretha P. C.; Kuyper, Hans; Hendriks, A. A. Jolijn – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Past research has consistently shown that there is a relation between personality and academic performance, but much less work has focused on explaining this relation. The present study examined whether three aspects of homework behavior, namely homework time, procrastination, and learning strategies, mediate the relation between personality and…
Descriptors: Homework, Personality Traits, Age, Student Attitudes
Van der Veen, Ineke; Peetsma, Thea – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
Long-term future time perspective on leisure has been found to relate negatively to school effort. This was studied further by recognizing types of students based on developments in long-term leisure perspectives and comparing their development in motivation and academic achievement. Around 1200 12-13 year old students attending the lowest level…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Time Perspective
de Koning, Bjorn B.; Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Smeets, Guus; van der Molen, Henk T. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study investigated the simultaneous impact of demographic, personality, intelligence, and (prior) study performance factors on students' academic achievement in a three-year academic problem-based psychology program. Information regarding students' gender, age, nationality, pre-university education, high school grades, Big Five personality…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Intelligence, Learning Activities, Academic Achievement
van der Veen, Ineke; Peetsma, Thea – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
This study focuses on development in self-regulated learning behaviour of students in the first year of the lowest level of secondary school in the Netherlands. Students from low socio-economic backgrounds, including ethnic minorities, are overrepresented at this level and their motivation has often been reported to be quite low. Furthermore, the…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools
Wicherts, Jelte M.; Vorst, Harrie C. M. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate differences in interests, personality, and cognitive abilities between students majoring in the six specialties of psychology at the University of Amsterdam. Results show that students at Social Psychology and Work and Organizational Psychology were on average more extraverted than students of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Interests, Personality Traits, Social Psychology
Kappe, F. R.; Boekholt, L.; den Rooyen, C.; Van der Flier, H. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
Multiple and specific learning criteria were used to examine the predictive validity of the Learning Style Questionnaire (LSQ). Ninety-nine students in a college of higher learning in The Netherlands participated in a naturally occurring field study. The students were categorized into one of four LSQ dimensions, namely, Activists, Theorists,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Academic Achievement, Predictive Validity, Criteria
