Students come to teacher preparation programs with well-formed, influential cognitive constructs about teaching; they come with a variety of constructs; and these constructs can be identified and accessed. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) appears to be a way to access the constructs students hold. Subjects were 52 beginning teacher education…

This article reviews findings from a study of preservice elementary education students (N=101) who were administered the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to determine the type of student who shows a preference for elementary teaching as an occupational choice. Implications of findings for preservice teacher education and classroom practice are…

The relationship of the dimensions of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to scores on the National Teacher's Examination (NTE) was examined. The MBTI classifies people on each of four indices: extraversion/introversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judgment/perception. A sample of 111 students, 90 percent of whom were black,…

A joint research project between an office of institutional research and the education department at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is described. The study focuses on factors that might affect the scores of NCCU students on the National Teacher's Examination (NTE). The project enabled the education department to begin counseling NCCU…

Relationships among National Teacher Examinations (NTE) Communication Skills and General Knowledge test scores, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator characteristics, self-reported academic problems, and 14 skill self-ratings were examined for 161 college teaching majors. After several other variables were controlled, personality variables accounted for a…