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Emami, M. Reza; Bazzocchi, Michael C. F.; Hakima, Houman – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2020
Cornerstone design courses have become a major part of engineering curricula, where students with different personality types and learning styles work together to design, develop, build, and demonstrate the functionality of a prototype within the duration of a term. This study analyzes student and team performance against gender, personality…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Design, Personality Measures
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Johnson, Mary – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
Background: Many studies have documented the correlation of learning style and academic success for medical students. However, few have investigated the intersection of academic preparedness and students' preference for information processing. This study tested the hypothesis that learning style preference differs among medical students grouped by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Medical Students, Personality Measures, Correlation
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Emerson, Tisha L. N.; Taylor, Beck A. – Journal of Economic Education, 2007
The authors bring together two research streams in the literature that examine separately the effectiveness of using experiments in the principles classroom and the relationship between different personality types and student achievement. Using a sample of 255 principles of microeconomics students, 48 of whom were enrolled in sections that relied…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Economics Education, Educational Experiments, Experimental Teaching
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
Morgan, Margaret K., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Ten papers dealing with various aspects of cognitive and affective dimensions of the allied health student are presented. They are: "A Review of Research on Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Education for the Health Related Professions" by Margaret K. Morgan, "Methodological Problems in the Study of Affective and Cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Affective Behavior, Affective 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