Exploring the relationship among learning patterns,personality traits,and academic performance in freshmen |
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| Authors: | Jose Maria Cela-Ranilla Mercè Gisbert |
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| Institution: | Universitat Rovira i Virgili , Tarragona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Providing information about how 1st-year students learn may help colleges plan actions aimed at increasing students' persistence in higher education programs. This research aims to assess 1st-year students' academic performance, using a path analysis to establish inter-correlations among students' personality traits, learning patterns, high school achievement, and objectively measured outcomes. Participants included 509 freshmen from different academic disciplines. Results show a causality relations model in which Conscientiousness positively influences Sequential and Precise learning patterns as well as academic performance. The path model also confirms Extraversion as a negative antecedent of the Technical learning pattern. It is argued that knowing students is a primary step to putting them in a position to become an active part of the learning process. |
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| Keywords: | freshmen academic performance personality traits learning patterns |
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