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Xinyin Chen; Jiaxi Zhou; Dan Li; Junsheng Liu; Liying Cui – Developmental Psychology, 2024
This study examined relations of affinity for solitude with social-behavioral, academic, and psychological adjustment in Chinese children and adolescents. The participants included 3,417 students (1,714 boys) in fourth, sixth, and eighth grades (M[subscript ages] = 10, 12, and 14 years, respectively) in China. Data on affinity for solitude were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Preferences
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Thanh Thao Le; Anh Thi Nguyen; Thi Hai Yen Thieu; Hoang Yen Phuong; Trut Thuy Pham; Thi Anh Thu Huynh; Huong Tra Nguyen – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2023
This study explores the impact of gender on the preferred English language learning strategies of self-perceived introverted students in Vietnam, given the burgeoning role of English as an international lingua franca. A mixed-methods approach, involving survey questionnaires and follow-up interviews, was utilized to gather both quantitative and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies, Gender Differences
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Denovan, Andrew; Dagnall, Neil; Drinkwater, Ken; Parker, Andrew; Neave, Nick – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2020
This study examined whether thinking style mediated relationships between belief in conspiracy and schizotypy facets. A UK-based sample of 421 respondents completed the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS), Oxford-Liverpool Inventory of Feelings and Experiences Short (O-Life), and measures indexing preferential thinking style (proneness to…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Schizophrenia, Cognitive Style, Correlation
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Vinje, Hilde; Brovold, Helge; Almøy, Trygve; Frøslie, Kathrine Frey; Saebø, Solve – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2021
Historically, the introductory course in statistics at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), has taken a traditional, lecture-based form. A previous study at the NMBU concluded that the course structure appeared to disfavor certain cognitive or personality types, extraverts in particular. Therefore, in 2016, as an experiment, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Statistics Education, Active Learning
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Martzos, Theodoros G.; Dinopoulou, Pelagia; Okalidou, Areti – Sign Language Studies, 2021
While societies have become increasingly dependent on both internet- and information technology-based knowledge retrieval and applications and as social media has become an inextricable aspect of most people's daily lives, a keen interest has emerged regarding the impact that these technologies have on Deaf people's lives. This article describes…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Deafness, Social Media, Adults
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Shabani, Karim; Ghasemian, Atefeh – Cogent Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to identify the most frequent techniques of teaching pronunciation used by Iranian EFL teachers and, (b) to find out any relationship between teacher's extroversion/introversion personality type and their techniques of teaching pronunciation. To this end, following an online survey a cohort of 60 teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Personality Traits, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Uz, Cigdem; Cagiltay, Kursat – Digital Education Review, 2015
Digital games have become popular due to great technological improvements in recent years. They have been increasingly transformed from co-located experiences into multi-played, socially oriented platforms (Herodotou, 2009). Multi-User Online Games provide the opportunity to create a social environment for friendships and strengthen the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Video Games, Interpersonal Competence
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Fallan, Lars; Opstad, Leiv – Journal of Education and Learning, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to explore how gender and personality preferences affect student attitudes towards effort response to higher grading standards. Data collected from 150 economics and business students at a Scandinavian business school reveals that higher grading standards enhance effort and time devoted to learning to a higher degree…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grading, Academic Standards, Gender Differences