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Learning approaches: associations with Typical Intellectual Engagement, intelligence and the Big Five

von Stumm, Sophie and Furnham, Adrian F. (2012) Learning approaches: associations with Typical Intellectual Engagement, intelligence and the Big Five. Personality and Individual Differences, 53 (5). pp. 720-723. ISSN 0191-8869

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Identification Number: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.05.014

Abstract

Learning approaches, i.e. students’ learning strategies and motives, predict academic performance but it is not clear how much variance they share with intelligence and personality. Here, the relationship of the Big Five personality traits, intelligence, and Typical Intellectual Engagement (TIE) with deep, achieving and surface learning was explored in a sample of 579 British undergraduate students. A structural equation model showed that (a) intelligence was negligibly associated with learning approaches; (b) TIE was strongly related to all three types of learning approaches; (c) deep learning shared the greatest amount of variance with TIE, while (d) achieving learning was best explained by Extraversion, Openness to Experience, and Conscientiousness. Only 25% of the variance in surface learning was accounted for by intelligence and personality. Thus, personality traits and learning approaches share much variance but not enough to dismiss either construct as redundant.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/personality-and-...
Additional Information: © 2012 Elsevier Ltd © CC BY 3.0
Divisions: Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
L Education > L Education (General)
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2018 10:18
Last Modified: 16 Jan 2024 04:03
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86791

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