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Emotions in Incidental Language Learning: An Individual Differences Approach
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Miller, Zachary F.; Godfroid, Aline – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
We investigated how positive, negative, and neutral mood states influence aspects of second language acquisition, either directly or in interaction with certain personality characteristics (openness, intuition, emotional intelligence, foreign language anxiety, and impulsivity). After completing individual differences questionnaires, 120…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Second Language Learning, Individual Differences, Personality Traits
Measuring Epistemic Curiosity in Young Children
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Piotrowski, Jessica Taylor; Litman, Jordan A.; Valkenburg, Patti – Infant and Child Development, 2014
Epistemic curiosity (EC) is the desire to obtain new knowledge capable of either producing positive experiences of intellectual interest (I-type) or of reducing undesirable conditions of informational deprivation (D-type). Although researchers acknowledge that there are individual differences in young children's epistemic curiosity, there are…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Personality Traits, Knowledge Level, Young Children
Incorporating ICT Tools in an Active Engagement Strategy-Based Classroom to Promote Learning Awareness and Self-Monitoring
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Kean, Ang Chooi; Embi, Mohamed Amin; Yunus, Melor Md – International Education Studies, 2012
The paper examines the influence of incorporating information and communication technology (ICT) tools to help learners to promote learning awareness and self-monitoring skills. An open-ended online questionnaire survey was administered to 15 course participants at the conclusion of the course. The data were analysed on the basis of the percentage…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Information Technology, Educational Strategies, Learning Strategies
Using Personality Data in Higher Education: A Preliminary Examination of Personality Differences Based on Professional Orientation and Skill Level
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Carr, Joel L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the differences between groups of psychology students and groups of psychology professionals based on the personality trait of Extraversion, and its facets, as measured by the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO PI-R; Costa & McCrae, 1992). Previous applications of the NEO PI-R have focused on…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Psychology, Personality Traits, Graduate Students
Integrating Teacher Behaviors with Character Strengths and Virtues for Faculty Development
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McGovern, Thomas V.; Miller, Samantha Leigh – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
We describe a model for new and senior faculty members, integrating a behavioral approach to enhancing teaching skills with research from the field of positive psychology on virtues and character strengths. The Teacher Behaviors Checklist (Keeley, Smith, & Buskist, 2006) identifies target behaviors amenable to modification, derived from…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Personality Traits, Faculty Development, Teaching Skills
Personality, Intelligence and General Knowledge
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Furnham, Adrian; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas – Learning & Individual Differences, 2006
Three studies, all on student populations, looked at the relationship between a recently psychometrised measure of General Knowledge [Irwing, P., Cammock, T., & Lynn, R. (2001). Some evidence for the existence of a general factor of semantic memory and its components. "Personality and Individual Differences," 30, 857-871], both long…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Personality Traits, Individual Differences, Intelligence Tests