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Altanopoulou, Panagiota; Tselios, Nikolaos – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2018
The influence of students' non-cognitive characteristics on their learning performance constitutes a significant but rather unexplored topic. The goal of the research presented in this article, is to examine the relation between the students' personality characteristics (as measured using the Big Five Personality Test) and their learning outcome…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Cooperative Learning, Collaborative Writing, Web Sites
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He, Jia; Van de Vijver, Fons J. R.; Kulikova, Alena – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2017
Linking country-level educational achievement with other country-level indicators has the potential to drive systemic educational changes, as these correlates may reflect characteristics relevant for policy-making decisions to improve educational effectiveness. This study establishes a nomological network of educational achievement at the country…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, Self Esteem, Achievement Tests
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Malouff, John M.; Thorsteinsson, Einar B.; Schutte, Nicola S. – Journal of Drug Education, 2006
This article describes a meta-analysis of the relationship between the Five-Factor Model of personality and smoking. The results, based on nine studies and a total of 4,730 participants, show that smoking was associated with the following five-factor traits: low conscientiousness, low agreeableness, and high neuroticism. Smokers outside Canada and…
Descriptors: Smoking, Meta Analysis, Personality Studies, Extraversion Introversion