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Jonassen, David H. – 1981
This study investigated the effects of personality and cognitive style preferences on preferred teaching styles. Preservice teachers completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Educational Cognitive Style Inventory, and the Learning Styles Inventory. Personality types, especially thinking/feeling, significantly predicted the importance of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Personality Studies, Preservice Teacher Education
Download full textStonewater, Jerry K.; Coscarelli, William C. – 1980
The effects of student personality type on ratings of instructors are examined. Research studies are reviewed and categorized into three groups: field independent/dependent cognitive style of subject; general personality style as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; and perceived needs states of students. A new measure, the Johnson…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education
Kalsbeek, David H. – 1986
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a measure of personality type and learning style, was used at Saint Louis University in the TRAILS (Tracking Retention and Academic Integration by Learning Style) Project. In addition to considering links between learning styles and student academic achievement and aptitude, MBTI was used to identify…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Persistence, Aptitude Tests
Thompson, Thomas C. – 1991
A study examined whether teachers in different personality type groups respond to student writing in different, possibly predictable ways. Nine teaching assistants at Florida State University responded to student essays and took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which measures several personality preferences. Using the MBTI scores, the…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Melear, Claudia T.; Pitchford, Flora – 1991
A study documented differences in learning style between several populations and a high school population of African-American students enrolled in science classes in a Northeastern North Carolina county. The Black students were compared to high school samples (male and female), college science majors, and nonscience college majors. Students from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Cognitive Style, College Science
Thompson, Tom – 1993
A study examined student responses to teacher comments on a student essay. First-year students at the Citadel, an all-male military school, imagined they wrote a paper on which a teacher had made 16 comments (eight positive and eight negative, eight having implied answers, eight having open-ended answers) and then rated those comments based on how…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Military Training
Barrett, Leverne A.; Kepler, Sheila J. – 1991
This study was conducted in order to determine the impact of a 3-year, theory based, inservice training program on teaching effectiveness for classroom teachers. Feedback on observed teaching effectiveness competencies was provided for each teacher in the study sample, along with a profile of student learning styles and data on student perceptions…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Feedback
