The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine the effectiveness of matching college students' personality types and learning preferences. The study gathered data from student personality types, college classroom environments, and learning preferences. Personality types were assessed through the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality…

This quantitative study aimed to investigate the influence of teacher personality on teacher-student relatedness, student intrinsic motivation, and academic performance. The pressing need to understand the factors influencing educational outcomes driving this study arises from the desire to enhance teaching effectiveness and student success. By…

The United States has long struggled with retaining superintendents in public school districts, with a retention rate of only 32% to 43% over the past decade. The low retention rate is concerning as it can negatively impact the quality of education offered to students and staff morale. The twofold purpose of this research was to identify factors…

Special education students continue to underperform as compared to their general education peers. The purpose and the research question of this study explored to what extent there is a statistically significant correlation among the personality traits of Psychoticism, Extraversion, and Neuroticism exclusively, and to what extent is there a gender…

Writing motivation has been deemed a critical aspect of the writing process because motivation affects how students engage with the writing process, how much effort and time they exert in the tasks, and the quality of their written products (Graham, 2018). Writing motivation has been the focus of recent studies on how to improve the discouraging…

This dissertation focuses on the relative shortage of female senior leaders in higher education compared to men and the potential effect of gender and personality traits on the timeline to promotion. The primary research question asked was "do gender and personality type predict time to promotion in higher education?" The research…

This study explored the predictability of motivation by analyzing effects of five elementary principal traits on teacher perceptions of competence, relatedness, and autonomy. My focus on this topic evolved from mounting teacher shortages across the United States. Through quantitative methods, I developed a factorial survey experiment. Using…

This quantitative study examined the relationship between well-being and stages of the creative process, including problem identification and construction, idea generation, and idea evaluation among gifted young adults (n = 173). A sample of college honors students responded to multiple measures of well-being, creative problem-solving tasks, the…

Understanding how emotions influence motivation among students is critical to the talent development process. Research shows that certain emotions elicit an approach motive while other emotions elicit an avoidance motive. This study explored emotional disposition and fear of failure among undergraduates enrolled in honors college (n = 63) compared…

The purpose of this study was to examine Chinese international students' Personality Traits and Cross-Cultural Sensitivity dimensions. This study used the Personality Traits theory from Goldberg (1992) and Cross-Cultural Sensitivity theory as identified by Cushner (1986). Students were studying in the United States and were of Chinese descent.…

Given the increased numbers of students being served by disability services offices at the postsecondary level, a better understanding of how intelligence functions as a protective or risk factor is essential to inform services for adolescents in secondary education. Therefore, this study examined whether intelligence functions as a protective…

This work examined the relationship between academic entitlement and noncompliance among college students using trauma or adverse childhood experiences to moderate the relationship. Additionally, this study explored how gender, enrollment type (full-time vs. part-time), and type of student (residential vs. online) impacted noncompliance. This…

For this study, empathy was defined as not only understanding and sharing another's mental state, but also responding from a perspective more closely resembling the observed rather than the observer. Based on evidence suggesting relationships between reading and empathy, between empathy and gender, and between reading and gender, the current study…

This qualitative study uses in-depth interviewing to illuminate the experiences of nineteen faculty and build on my own experiences "teaching up" -- teaching as faculty from a traditionally marginalized group(s) about privilege -- to understand how faculty experience these situations and make meaning of them. Findings revealed racialized…

This study examined the experiences of Iranian-American and Iranian female leaders within higher education institutions. Utilizing a qualitative phenomenological approach, the research actively engaged a cohort of 18 participants through purposive sampling and semi-structured interviews. Four research questions guided this study, highlighting the…