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Download full textOpstad, Leiv – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that can explain the attitudes of business students towards mathematics, using data from a business school in Norway. This article focusses on gender, personality traits (Big Five Model) and mathematical background. The independent variables were investigated simultaneously using a linear regression…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Business Schools, Mathematics
Direct linkVinje, Hilde; Brovold, Helge; Almøy, Trygve; Frøslie, Kathrine Frey; Saebø, Solve – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2021
Historically, the introductory course in statistics at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), has taken a traditional, lecture-based form. A previous study at the NMBU concluded that the course structure appeared to disfavor certain cognitive or personality types, extraverts in particular. Therefore, in 2016, as an experiment, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Statistics Education, Active Learning
Fallan, Lars; Opstad, Leiv – Accounting Education, 2014
This study questions whether the contradictory results from previous studies of gender and performance in accounting is because gender has no mutually homogeneous groups. A combination of gender and personality types will provide a more balanced picture of academic performance in accounting. There are three main findings in this study: the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Personality Traits, Accounting, Academic Achievement
Hetland, Hilde; Saksvik, Ingvild B.; Albertsen, Hanne; Berntsen, Linn Synnove; Henriksen, Astrid – College Student Journal, 2012
Students' traits, attitudes and behaviors can be a key factor in how they prepare for entering a career and later adapt to working life. Based on this, the aim of this study was to explore associations between personality traits and overcommitment among university and college students. Overcommitment (OC) is a pattern of attitudes, behaviours and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality, College Students, Student Behavior
Peer reviewedGjesme, Torgrim – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1983
Interaction effects of 524 grade six pupils' achievement motives, ability level, future time orientation, sex, and perceived importance of school activity were considered in relation to approach/avoidance motivation. Achievement scores were positively related to approach motivation; successs-oriented, high-ability girls and moderate-ability boys…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Elementary Education
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
