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Download full textHengstler, Dennis D.; And Others – 1981
The relationship between personality characteristics and academic success of college freshmen at a predominantly female campus was studied, using the Myers-Briggs Type indicator (MBTI) to measure personality and first-year grade point average to measure academic success. The comparative effectiveness of the MBTI and the traditional predictors…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Uhl, Norman P.; And Others – 1981
The relationship between attrition and a student's personality type was studied, using the Myers-Briggs Type indicator (MBTI), which classifies people according to extraversion/introversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judgment/perception. In a second study, the extent to which a student's congruence with the personality types of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Higher Education
Kalsbeek, David H. – 1986
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a measure of personality type and learning style, was used at Saint Louis University in the TRAILS (Tracking Retention and Academic Integration by Learning Style) Project. In addition to considering links between learning styles and student academic achievement and aptitude, MBTI was used to identify…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Persistence, Aptitude Tests
Pratt, Linda K.; And Others – 1981
The relationship of the dimensions of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to scores on the National Teacher's Examination (NTE) was examined. The MBTI classifies people on each of four indices: extraversion/introversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judgment/perception. A sample of 111 students, 90 percent of whom were black,…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Black Students, Education Majors
Pratt, Linda K.; And Others – 1982
A joint research project between an office of institutional research and the education department at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is described. The study focuses on factors that might affect the scores of NCCU students on the National Teacher's Examination (NTE). The project enabled the education department to begin counseling NCCU…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Black Colleges, Black Students, Certification
Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware. – 1977
A two-year study was conducted at Ohio Wesleyan University to analyze the faculty rewards structure as it relates to teaching; develop better diagnostic procedures for improving teaching; better coordinate teaching support services; and analyze student and faculty perceptions of effective teaching and learning. During the first study year, faculty…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Faculty, Educational Diagnosis, Faculty Evaluation
