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Jess Wei Chin Tan; Horn Mun Cheah; Hian Chye Koh – Cogent Education, 2024
The effects of the direct and indirect relationships of personality traits on academic performance are shared in this paper. These complex relationships are examined using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with reference to the modified Biggs' 3P model. The major findings of the effects of personality traits on academic performance are (1) the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Academic Achievement, College Students, Correlation
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Angulo-Brunet, Ariadna; Soto-Sanfiel, María T. – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2022
Understanding the profiles of communication students offers meaningful information for the design of satisfactory academic programs which enhance their skills and orientate their future professional careers. This research studies the relationship between creativity, personality, and relation to art of 126 Singaporean communication students. It…
Descriptors: Creativity, Personality Traits, Art, Communications
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Tan, Christopher; Tan, Liang See – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2014
Optimism is a positive psychological trait which may help individuals to cope with stressful and adverse situations. This study examined the associations of dispositional optimism, academic self-efficacy, self-esteem, and gender on high-ability students' stress perception of academic expectations. 298 high-ability senior high school students in…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Positive Attitudes, Gender Differences, Prediction
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Goodwin, A. Lin; Low, Ee Ling; Ng, Pak Tee; Yeung, Alexander S.; Cai, Li – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
In today's world, teaching and learning processes inevitably involve the application of information and communication technology (ICT). It seems reasonable to expect personal attributes such as cognitive playfulness to be associated with consistent application of ICT. Using survey responses from Singapore students in a teacher education programme…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Teacher Characteristics
Tan, Ai-Girl; Ho, Valerie; Yong, Lim-Chyi – New Horizons in Education, 2007
Background: Singapore education adopted nurturing creativity and developing creativity efficacy among their students and children. This study investigated Singapore high school students' creativity efficacy based on the contemporary model of creativity (Amabile, 1983, 1996), self efficacy (Bandura, 1989, 1997) and inclusion education. Aims:…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Creativity, High Schools, Cognitive Style
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers