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von Stumm, Sophie; Plomin, Robert – Developmental Science, 2018
School performance is one of the most stable and heritable psychological characteristics. Notwithstanding, monozygotic twins (MZ), who have identical genotypes, differ in school performance. These MZ differences result from non-shared environments that do not contribute to the similarity within twin pairs. Because to date few non-shared…
Descriptors: Genetics, Twins, Academic Achievement, Psychological Characteristics
Hunter, Sally B.; Moran, Hayley B.; Mullican, K. Nicole; Connor, Lisa A. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether college students' attitudes toward group work could be influenced by thoughtful group project design. Undergraduate students (N = 123) in a lifespan human development course were assigned to groups and asked to create a smartphone app for a specific life stage. The authors utilized a convergent…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Cooperative Learning, Group Activities
Francis, Leslie J.; Village, Andrew – Religious Education, 2014
The Young People's Attitudes to Religious Diversity Project was established to compare the attitudes of students (13-to 15-years of age) educated within the state-maintained sector in church schools (Catholic, Anglican, joint Anglican and Catholic) and in schools without a religious foundation. Data provided by 5,402 students recruited from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Religious Cultural Groups, Cultural Pluralism
Francis, Leslie J.; Village, Andrew; Penny, Gemma; Neil, Peter – Scottish Educational Review, 2014
Recognition that the United Kingdom has increasingly become a multi-cultural and multi-faith society has raised questions about the place of church schools or schools with a religious character within the state-maintained sector. The issue was given particular focus by the Runnymede Trusts report "Right to divide? Faith schools and community…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Student Diversity, Secondary School Students, Positive Attitudes
Frederiksen, Heidi – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a significant difference between the perceived dispositions in pre-service teachers in urban settings versus non-urban settings. It was also the intent of this study to describe the change in perceived dispositions throughout pre-service teachers' internship experiences. Graduate…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Personality, Graduate Students, Individual Differences
Adams, Caralee – Instructor, 2007
In 1999, things were dismal at Lebanon, Pennsylvania's Harding Elementary School. Many kids in this former coal town started at a disadvantage and never seemed to catch up. They were bored with books about "frogs on logs," says then-new principal Cheryl Champion. Since they were not engaged, they acted out. Harding's classroom…
Descriptors: School Culture, Personality, Reading, Reading Programs
Harris, Karen R., Ed.; Graham, Steve, Ed.; Urdan, Tim, Ed. – APA Books, 2011
The "APA Educational Psychology Handbook" reflects the broad nature of the field today, with state-of-the-science reviews of the diverse critical theories driving research and practice; in-depth investigation of the range of individual differences and cultural/contextual factors that affect student achievement, motivation, and beliefs;…
Descriptors: Talent, Gifted, Testing Accommodations, Teacher Effectiveness

Francis, Leslie J. – Educational Studies, 1999
Examines 5535 English female students between 13 and 15 years old for attitudes toward the safety of their environments. Accounts for individual personality differences. Finds that personality and rurality are significant predictors of how students see their local area. Females in rural areas hold more positive attitudes toward their environment.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Bouffard, Therese; Roy, Mathieu; Vezeau, Carole – International Journal of Educational Research, 2005
Several studies suggest that children who chronically underachieve are, like children with learning disorders, at risk for negative outcomes and are more likely to experience adjustment problems than are their typically developing peers. This study compares children's self-esteem, perceived competence, negative perfectionism and beliefs of peer…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Personality, Emotional Adjustment, Social Adjustment
Noble, Grant – Programmed Learning Educ Technol, 1969
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences, Intelligence Differences
Umbach, Paul D.; Milem, Jeffrey F. – 2002
Using data from a survey of more than 1,900 first-year students at a large research institution, this study applied J.L. Holland's theory of personality and environment to examine the ways in which students view diversity. Holland categories, individual characteristics such as race and gender and interactions with people of color before college…
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Diversity (Student), Higher Education
Bernat, Eva; Gvozdenko, Inna – TESL-EJ, 2005
This paper argues for an interdisciplinary approach to beliefs about language learning research, and suggests that current studies in this area do not go far enough to examine the extent to which stable factors, such as individual learner differences, account for the nature of beliefs. Next, it elucidates how cognitive and personality psychology…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Second Language Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Individual Differences
Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2005
An analysis of 100 Flemish high-school students' attitudes towards French and English (both "foreign" languages) revealed complex links between personality factors, gender, politicocultural identity, communicative behaviour and foreign language attitudes. Attitudes towards English were found to be much more positive than those towards French,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Personality, High School Students
Greenberger, Ellen – 1969
This project has been directed towards the development of procedures for assessing children's curiosity. Better procedures are needed to reach one of the long-range goals of Center Program III: an understanding of the relationship of curiosity to academic achievement and other cognitive skills, styles and motives. This paper reviews briefly some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arousal Patterns, Attention Span, Children