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Sun, Jun – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
Based on Activity Theory, this article examines attitude formation in human learning as shaped by the experiences of individual learners with various learning objects in particular learning contexts. It hypothesizes that a learner's object-related perceptions, personality traits and situational perceptions may have different relationships with the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Structural Equation Models, Personality, Attitudes
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Samuelsson, Ingrid Pramling; Carlsson, Maj Asplund – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2008
From children's own perspective, play and learning are not always separate in practices during early years. The purpose of this article is, first, to scrutinise the background and character of early years education in terms of play and learning. Second, to elaborate the findings of several years of research about children's learning in preschool…
Descriptors: Creativity, Play, Early Childhood Education, Personality
Abrams, Jules C.; Goldman, Janice – 1974
The basic hypothesis of this paper is that problems in separation-individuation in infancy and/or adolescence may result in difficulties in utilizing learning skills. Furthermore, it is emphasized that the two periods of separation-individuation, while similar in many ways, have their own unique qualities and resolutions. Three case histories are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
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Battig, William F. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1979
Cognitive Flexibility (availability in the individual's repertoire of various strategies and ability to select those most effective to the required task) is suggested as an important individual-difference variable. Some methodological problems in the assessment of cognitive flexibility as related to human memory are discussed. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Individual Characteristics, Individual Differences, Learning Processes
Stern, Carolyn – 1968
This bibliography, made up of approximately 350 entries concerned with many aspects of problem solving and concept formation in young children, has been designed for use by people primarily involved in experimental research in these areas of child development. Entries include experimental journal articles, conference papers, unpublished research…
Descriptors: Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Hodge, Virginia D. – 1978
This annotated reading list addresses the problem of the paucity of literature dealing specifically with the relationship between personality and language learning. There is no general theoretical model that encompasses personality theory, self-concept, ego development, learning theory, motivation, and body image as they relate to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Bilingualism, Body Image, Cognitive Development