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Farhan Ali; Yuhan Wang; Serena J.-W. Wang; Gaoxia Zhu – npj Science of Learning, 2025
Arousing and sustaining young students' curiosity within school environments is an important concern in contemporary education. Our study investigated the triggers of curiosity in elementary classrooms centered around social constructivist discourse, specifically knowledge-building. To this end, we performed longitudinal network analysis on 4166…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Arousal Patterns, Constructivism (Learning), Classroom Communication
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Li, Chengchen; Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2021
Interest in the role of learners' personality, emotions and the learning environment in foreign language (FL) learning has grown exponentially in the past decade. The introduction of personality psychology in the field of applied linguistics has led to the inclusion of a set of personality dimensions in research designs like resilience and grit,…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Resilience (Psychology), Second Language Learning
Johnnie R. Presley – ProQuest LLC, 2021
While education institutions and political leaders found student perception surveys suitable for evaluating teacher effectiveness, much of the literature failed to investigate how teacher attributes, such as personality traits, affected the construction of learning environment variables, such as classroom climate dimensions. In addition, much of…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Rural Schools, Classroom Environment, Social Studies
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Choi, Naya; Cho, Hye-Jung – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020
This study investigated the relationship between the temperament dimensions, home environment factors, and the two types of young children's learning motivation. The study aimed to investigate the relative contributions of predictors and identify the predictors of young children's intrinsic and extrinsic learning motivation in a classroom-based…
Descriptors: Personality, Family Environment, Predictor Variables, Young Children
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Abedini, Yasamin – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2020
The present study aims to compare the creativity of students in virtual and classroom courses at University of Isfahan and study its prediction based on the personality traits of these students. The statistical population of the study consisted of all faculty members and students at University of Isfahan in academic year 2017-2018. Among them, 150…
Descriptors: Creativity, Personality Traits, Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics
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Shih, Shu-Shen – Journal of Educational Research, 2017
There is a shortage of studies that explore adolescents' academic procrastination. The author hence attempted to examine the mechanisms determining Taiwanese adolescent students' perfectionistic tendencies, time management, and academic procrastination. A total of 405 eighth-grade Taiwanese students completed a self-reported survey assessing their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Time Management, Personality Traits
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Seevers, Matthew T.; Johnson, Bryan R.; Darnold, Todd C. – American Journal of Business Education, 2015
This study examines personality factors as antecedents of student social capital. We hypothesize relationships between two constructs taken from the five-factor model of personality (agreeableness and extraversion) and two variables that reflect a student's social capital (quantity of ties and strength of ties) in an academic setting. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Social Capital
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Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz; Acar, Ibrahim – Early Education and Development, 2019
Shy children are less likely to interact with peers and teachers, ask questions, and participate in classroom activities. Children low in attention and inhibitory control also perform worse academically. Although research indicates children's relationships with teachers may be protective for children at risk for academic difficulties, less is…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Shyness, Personality, Language Skills
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Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz; Hawley, Leslie; Molfese, Victoria J.; Tu, Xiaoqing; Prokasky, Amanda; Sirota, Kate – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This study is an examination of (a) links between preschool children's temperament (effortful control, shyness, and anger) and teacher-child conflict and (b) classroom instructional and emotional support as moderators of associations between temperament and teacher-child conflict. Children (N = 104) were enrolled in 23…
Descriptors: Conflict, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Teacher Student Relationship
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Day, Nancy E.; Hudson, Doranne; Dobies, Pamela Roffol; Waris, Robert – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2011
Many business faculties may question why their students cheat. While past research shows that student characteristics predict cheating attitudes and behavior, evidence exists that attributes of classroom contexts also play a part. We investigate how three personality traits (conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience) and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Student Attitudes, Cheating, Personality
Alkhatnai, Mubarak – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The primary purpose of this study was to examine Saudi EFL college students' perceptual learning styles in order to determine whether their perception of their learning styles is a predictor of academic persistence, satisfaction and success in different learning environments. Participants' perceptions about their learning styles in both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Classroom Environment, College Students
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Dominguez, Ximena; Vitiello, Virginia E.; Maier, Michelle F.; Greenfield, Daryl B. – School Psychology Review, 2010
The studies presented in this article longitudinally examined preschool children's learning behavior, which has received increased attention in recent years because of its positive influence on school readiness. The first study used a statewide database (N = 23,434) to examine whether and how learning behavior changed over time. The second study…
Descriptors: Shyness, School Readiness, Student Behavior, Preschool Children
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2019
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2019, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
Daly, John A.; Friedrich, Gustav W. – 1977
Previous research on communication apprehension has revealed a reduction in student apprehension over a semester-length course in speech communication. Further research indicates, however, that, while most students do experience a reduction, a sizable percentage actually report an increase. This study sought to determine the difference between…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, College Students, Communication Problems
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Westerman, James W.; Nowicki, Margaret Dawn; Plante, David – Journal of Management Education, 2002
A study of 171 students in management classes taught by 3 professors found that the congruence between student and professor personalities was a significant predictor of student performance. Significant predictors of satisfaction were (1) congruence between students' ideal class and the actual environment and (2) congruence between student values…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Administration Education, Classroom Environment, Congruence (Psychology)
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