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Kaspi-Baruch, Oshrit – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2019
This study examined the association between the big five personality dimensions and creativity through the moderation of motivational goal orientation. One hundred and ninety students engaged in full-time employment completed questionnaires, which were used to assess the variables of interest. Regression moderation analyses supported some of the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Goal Orientation, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
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Lehmann, Janina Annika Mara; Hamm, Verena; Seufert, Tina – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019
Seductive details in general affect learning and cognitive load negatively. However, especially background music as a seductive detail may also influence the learner's arousal, whose optimal level depends on the learner's extraversion. Therefore, the effects of extraversion and background music on learning outcomes, cognitive load, and arousal…
Descriptors: High School Students, Learning Processes, Music, Arousal Patterns
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Tlili, Ahmed; Denden, Mouna; Essalmi, Fathi; Jemni, Mohamed; Chang, Maiga; Kinshuk; Chen, Nian-Shing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
The ability of automatically modeling learners' personalities is an important step in building adaptive learning environments. Several studies showed that knowing the personality of each learner can make the learning interaction with the provided learning contents and activities within learning systems more effective. However, the traditional…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Learning Management Systems, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Bayesian Statistics
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Lai, Song; Sun, Bo; Wu, Fati; Xiao, Rong – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2020
Adaptive e-learning can be used to personalize learning environment for students to meet their individual demands. Individual differences depend on the students' personality traits. Numerous studies have indicated that understanding the role of personality in the learning process can facilitate learning. Hence, personality identification in…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Electronic Learning, Individual Differences, Learning Processes
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Kesici, Ahmet – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2019
This study was conducted to determine the change in the sociability levels of high school students depending on the frequency of their using social media and to investigate their social media uses. It employed a mixed-methods research design using both quantitative and qualitative methods together. The sociability levels of 352 students studying…
Descriptors: Social Media, High School Students, Personality Traits, Extraversion Introversion
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Fatima, Irum; Ismail, Shaik Abdul Malik Mohamed; Pathan, Zahid Hussain; Memon, Ubedullah – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
In learning English as a foreign language (EFL), classroom is a primary source where learners find opportunities to make communication in the English language and enhance their L2 WTC and L2 communicative abilities. Keeping in view the pivotal importance of classroom environment in shaping EFL learners' WTC, the present research unravels the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Anxiety, Speech Communication, Extraversion Introversion
Jena, Ananta Kumar; Deka, Monisha; Barman, Munmi – Online Submission, 2017
The study aimed to find out the relationship between cognitive styles, YouTube learning and Skype learning performance of secondary school students. For that purpose, the researchers randomly selected 20 students from two 9th standards of two English medium secondary schools of Silchar Town, Assam, India to conduct the experiment. Quasi…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Electronic Learning, Cognitive Style
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Kelsen, Brent; Flowers, Simeon – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
Personality traits are believed to affect both learner ability and group dynamics and cohesion. Another central element influencing how individuals perform in group settings stems from their motivation to collaborate. This article explores the relationship between personality traits, motivation for collaboration and participation of university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Student Motivation, Cooperative Learning
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Randler, Christoph; Horzum, Mehmet Baris; Vollmer, Christian – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
There are many studies related to distance learning. Willingness and anxiety are important variables for distance learning. Recent research has shown that anxiety and willingness towards distance learning are moderated by personality. This study sought to investigate whether distance learning willingness and distance learning anxiety are…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Distance Education, Scores, Questionnaires
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Musa, Sajid; Ziatdinov, Rushan; Sozcu, Omer Faruk; Griffiths, Carol – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2015
Computer animation in the past decade has become one of the most noticeable features of technology-based learning environments. By its definition, it refers to simulated motion pictures showing movement of drawn objects, and is often defined as the art in movement. Its educational application known as educational computer animation is considered…
Descriptors: Animation, Personality Traits, Computer Graphics, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Hooker, Christine I.; Verosky, Sara C.; Miyakawa, Asako; Knight, Robert T.; D'Esposito, Mark – Neuropsychologia, 2008
Fear and reward learning can occur through direct experience or observation. Both channels can enhance survival or create maladaptive behavior. We used fMRI to isolate neural mechanisms of observational fear and reward learning and investigate whether neural response varied according to individual differences in neuroticism and extraversion.…
Descriptors: Extraversion Introversion, Nonverbal Communication, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Personality
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Gratzinger, Peter; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Explored the relationship between three personality traits in older adults and improvement in face-name recall after three types of intervention. Results showed improvement in recall after intervention; a correlation between the openness trait and recall with all interventions; and a correlation between the fantasy subfactor trait and recall with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Evaluative Thinking, Extraversion Introversion, Fantasy