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Peer reviewedCarrell, Patricia L.; Monroe, Laura B. – Modern Language Journal, 1993
Administered the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to three groups of university level composition students (21 basic writing students, 41 traditional first-year composition students, and 25 English-as-Second-Language students). MBTI personality type, writing measures, and relationships between composition measures and learning styles as measured by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Freshman Composition
Download full textThompson, Thomas C. – 1991
A study examined whether teachers in different personality type groups respond to student writing in different, possibly predictable ways. Nine teaching assistants at Florida State University responded to student essays and took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which measures several personality preferences. Using the MBTI scores, the…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Sudol, Ronald A. – 1991
Understanding the rich variety of personality differences can help teachers to avoid using new technology in ways that separate students from their best sources of strength. Twenty freshman students who were asked to react to 16 statements about writer's strengths and weaknesses not only answered very predictably according to their (Myers-Briggs)…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Personality Assessment
