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Effects of Personality Traits and Social Status on Academic Achievement: Gender Differences
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Janoševic, Marko; Petrovic, Boban – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
This study investigates the contribution of personality traits (HEXACO traits and Schizotypy) and social status dimensions (sociometric and perceived popularity) in understanding boys' and girls' respective academic achievement. The sample included 163 elementary school students from Serbia, aged 14-15 (87 girls and 76 boys). Regression analysis…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Social Status, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences
The Impact of Social Cognitive and Personality Factors on Teachers' Reported Inclusive Behaviour
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Claire Wilson; Lisa Marks Woolfson; Kevin Durkin; Mark A. Elliott – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: Inclusive education of children with intellectual disabilities (ID) is intended to maximize their educational experience within the mainstream school setting. While policy mandates inclusion, it is classroom teachers' behaviours that determine its success. Aims: This study provided a novel application of the theory of planned behaviour…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Cognition, Personality Traits, Inclusion
Social Networks in the Classroom: Personality Factors as Antecedents of Student Social Capital
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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
Predicting College Success: Achievement, Demographic, and Psychosocial Predictors of First-Semester College Grade Point Average
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Saltonstall, Margot – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study seeks to advance and expand research on college student success. Using multinomial logistic regression analysis, the study investigates the contribution of psychosocial variables above and beyond traditional achievement and demographic measures to predicting first-semester college grade point average (GPA). It also investigates if…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Demography