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Harrington, Rick; Loffredo, Donald A. – Internet and Higher Education, 2010
Online college classes are being offered at a rate that far exceeds the growth of overall higher education classes. However, much can still be learned about how to create a better online classroom environment by determining why a large percentage of students continue to prefer face-to-face classes. One factor among many that may have an influence…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Online Courses, Personality, Classroom Environment
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McTurk, Carolyn; Shakespeare-Finch, Jane – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2006
Barriers to employment are linked to individual factors such as thinking styles and personality traits. Personality and cognitive differences between employed (n = 55) and unemployed (n = 57) cohorts were analysed to quantify the association between these variables and employment status. Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Personality, Unemployment, Predictor Variables
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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