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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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Kelsen, Brent; Flowers, Simeon – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
Personality traits are believed to affect both learner ability and group dynamics and cohesion. Another central element influencing how individuals perform in group settings stems from their motivation to collaborate. This article explores the relationship between personality traits, motivation for collaboration and participation of university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Student Motivation, Cooperative Learning
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Ahour, Touran; Haradasht, Pezhman Nourzad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This study was an attempt to investigate the effect of two types of learning, competitive and cooperative, on the reading comprehension of introvert and extrovert EFL learners. To this end, 120 learners studying at Marefat English Language Institute in Tehran, Iran were selected, after taking a Preliminary English Test (PET), to participate in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Forrester, William R.; Tashchian, Armen – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
This study investigated the effects of personality on attitudes toward academic group work among a sample of 225 business students. Data were collected using pre-existing scales for measuring personality and attitudes toward academic group work. Specifically, the Neo-FFI scale was used to measure the five personality dimensions of openness,…
Descriptors: Personality, Teamwork, Investigations, Cooperative Learning