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The Influence of Personality Characteristics on Children's Intrinsic Reading Motivation
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Medford, Emma; McGeown, Sarah P. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Research suggests that children's motivation to read is influenced by their level of reading skill and reading self-concept. However, it is possible that characteristics unrelated to reading, such as underlying personality characteristics, may also influence children's motivation to read. The current study examined the extent to which children's…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Questionnaires, Personality Traits
The Utility of General and School-Specific Personality Traits and an Examination of Their Relationship over Time
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Eschleman, Kevin J.; Burns, Gary – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
A university student sample was used to compare school-specific (i.e., personality at school) and general personality (i.e., personality across all life domains) over eight weeks. School-specific and general personality incrementally predicted change in school-specific criteria (i.e., school satisfaction and school citizenship behaviors). Less…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Student Attitudes, Life Satisfaction, Personality
The Best Years of Our Lives? Coping with Stress Predicts School Grades, Life Satisfaction, and Feelings about High School
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MacCann, Carolyn; Lipnevich, Anastasiya A.; Burrus, Jeremy; Roberts, Richard D. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study examines whether problem-focused, emotion-focused, and avoidant coping strategies predict key outcomes in a sample of 354 high school students. The four outcomes considered are: academic achievement, life satisfaction, positive feelings towards school, and negative feelings towards school. Results demonstrate that coping incrementally…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Personality Traits, Coping, Stress Management
Associations of Temperament Traits and Mathematics Grades in Adolescents Are Dependent on the Rater but Independent of Motivation and Cognitive Ability
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Hintsanen, Mirka; Alatupa, Saija; Jokela, Markus; Lipsanen, Jari; Hintsa, Taina; Leino, Mare – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The current study examines associations between self- and teacher-rated temperament traits (activity, inhibition, negative emotionality, persistence, distractibility, and mood) and mathematics grades. The sample includes 310 ninth grade students (mean age 15.0) from several schools in Finland. Analyses were conducted with multilevel modeling.…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Student Motivation, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
Does Homework Behavior Mediate the Relation between Personality and Academic Performance?
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Lubbers, Miranda J.; Van Der Werf, Margaretha P. C.; Kuyper, Hans; Hendriks, A. A. Jolijn – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Past research has consistently shown that there is a relation between personality and academic performance, but much less work has focused on explaining this relation. The present study examined whether three aspects of homework behavior, namely homework time, procrastination, and learning strategies, mediate the relation between personality and…
Descriptors: Homework, Personality Traits, Age, Student Attitudes
Helping Students Turn up for Class: Does Personality Moderate the Effectiveness of an Implementation Intention Intervention?
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Webb, Thomas L.; Christian, Julie; Armitage, Christopher J. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
Class attendance is an important determinant of academic success yet a significant proportion of students miss class. The present study investigated the deliberative and personality correlates of class attendance alongside an implementation intention intervention that asked students to specify when, where, and how they would attend class. Class…
Descriptors: Intervention, Attendance, Intention, Personality
A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Students' Preferences for Lecturers' Personalities in Britain, Malaysia and the United States
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Swami, Viren; Furnham, Adrian; Maakip, Ismail; Ahmad, Sharani; Hudani, Nurul; Voo, Peter S. K.; Christopher, Andrew N.; Garwood, Jeanette – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
This study examined students' preferences for lecturers' personalities on three continents. Two-hundred and 35 university students in Malaysia, 347 university students in Britain and 139 university students in the United States provided ratings of 30 desirable and undesirable lecturer trait characteristics, which were coded into an internally…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, College Students, Teacher Characteristics
Students' Approaches to Learning when Entering Higher Education: Differences between Students with Senior General Secondary and Senior Secondary Educational Backgrounds
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Van Bragt, Cyrille A. C.; Bakx, Anouke W. E. A.; Van der Sanden, Johan M. M.; Croon, Marcel A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
Recently, more students have entered Dutch higher education. This is a consequence of the possibility to offer students to enter higher education, with a certificate from senior secondary education (SSVE). In earlier days most students in higher education had passed senior general secondary education (SGSE), or even pre-university education. It is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Personality Traits, Foreign Countries, Educational Background