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Chávez-Eakle, Rosa Aurora; Eakle, A. Jonathan; Cruz-Fuentes, Carlos – Creativity Research Journal, 2012
The aims of this article are to review the multiple relations between creativity and personality, exploring the measurement instruments that have been used to identify them. Specific personality characteristics and traits found in highly creative individuals and the interaction of these traits with the creative process are described. In addition,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Personality Traits, Creativity, Measurement Techniques
Perez-Arce, Francisco – RAND Corporation, 2011
The author examines whether education increases patience. Admission decisions in a public college in Mexico are determined through a lottery. He finds that applicants who were successful in the draw were more likely to study in the following years. He surveyed the applicants to this college almost two years after the admission decision was made…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preferences, Outcomes of Education, College Students
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Plante, Thomas G.; Lackey, Katy; Hwang, Jeong Yeon – Journal of Experiential Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the possible enhancement of compassion in college students as a result of participating in community-based learning immersion trips. In two separate experiments, a total of 123 college students were given a series of questionnaires immediately before and after university-sponsored immersion experiences to…
Descriptors: College Students, Experiential Learning, Empathy, Altruism
Gonzalez-Castillo, Vicente; Cisneros-Cohernour, Edith J. – Online Submission, 2007
This paper presents the findings of a study examining the factors that influence the ABT phenomenon (all but thesis) among graduate students of a Master in Education program in the Southeast of Mexico. Findings of the study identified individual and organizational factors influencing ABT. The study allowed for a better understanding about how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Distance Education