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Fallan, Lars; Opstad, Leiv – Journal of Education and Learning, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to explore how gender and personality preferences affect student attitudes towards effort response to higher grading standards. Data collected from 150 economics and business students at a Scandinavian business school reveals that higher grading standards enhance effort and time devoted to learning to a higher degree…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grading, Academic Standards, Gender Differences
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Borg, Mary O.; Shapiro, Stephen L. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Utilizes the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to delineate four basic personality types and their corresponding learning styles. Compares student's learning style with professor's teaching style. Suggests options for improving instruction by offering teaching and grading strategies that better accommodate student personality types and learning…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style