This study uses the Learning-Style Inventory--LSI (Smith & Kolb, 1985) to explore to what extent student attitudes toward learning process and outcome of online instruction and Distance Learning are affected by their cognitive styles and learning behaviors. It finds that there are not much statistically significant differences in perceptions…

This study compares the effectiveness of two different assessment techniques; readiness assessment tests (RATs) and frequent quizzing. We report student perceptions of the impact of these techniques on the number of readings done prior to the class period, thorough reading of assignments, ability to follow class discussions, ability to participate…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELF-PRESENTATIONS AND THE INDIVIDUAL'S INTERPERSONAL AND INTRAPERSONAL PERCEPTIONS. THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN OF THE STUDY WAS ESSENTIALLY ONE OF INTERGROUP COMPARISON. THE SAMPLE INCLUDED 204 COLLEGE STUDENTS, FROM A VARIETY OF CLASSES AND LEVELS, WHO COMPLETED A STANDARD PERSONAL HISTORY…

The history and evolution of the concept of intuition is traced through philosophical intuitionism and positivism to contemporary psychology. The theoretical and empirical psychological research relating to intuitive experience and intuitive behavior is also traced, and relations between intuitive problem solving and previous data concerning…

A study in four first-year dental school classes found that while the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a good measure of dental students' personality traits, it is not a useful measure for predicting first-year achievement. (MSE)

Carl Jung's theory of type states that much seemingly chance variation in human behavior results, not from chance, but from basic differences in human functioning. This theory is divided into two major components: fundamental human attitudes (extroversion, introversion) and basic mental processes (sensation, intuition, thinking, feeling).…

To gain insight into the evaluation of college freshman compositions, a study explored the relationship between the personality type of the instructor and the grades assigned to essays written by freshman composition students. The sample comprised 23 college instructors who answered a short questionnaire, graded the same expository essay, and…

An overview of Jung's theory of psychological type, a problem-solving model, types of students in different college majors, predictions about teaching problem solving to students, practical applications of the theory to the teaching of problem solving, and strategies that develop skills in perception and judgment are presented. (MLW)

Reports results of analyses of key tables in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Atlas of Type Tables. Significant age group effects on every dimension indicates the need to reestimate population norms for each continuum on the MBTI for interpreting scores of people of various ages. (LKS)