There has been an increased interest in personality traits (especially the five-factor model) in
relation to education and learning over the last decade. Previous studies have shown a …

Many academic institutions are investing thousands of dollars in technology-based
classrooms to market themselves as modern and adapt to the new generation of students for …

Personality predicts academic achievement above and beyond intelligence. However,
studies investigating the possible interaction effects between personality and intelligence …

An important contemporary challenge to the large-group lecture in higher education is that it
encourages passive learning which is claimed to be out of sync with academic rhetoric and …

The ability to distinguish secondary school students according to characteristics that
contribute to success in university represents important knowledge in the research areas of …

The relationship between need for cognition (NFC) and measures of both personality and
intelligence was investigated. Study 1 (N= 195) addressed recent concerns over item …

Homework time (ie, the total amount of time spent on homework) and homework effort (ie,
the extent to which students work seriously on their homework) are defined as two central …

Abstract Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) is an open online course that enhances and
provides learning opportunities, particularly in tertiary education, using in-formation …

MOOCs are open, online courses that use information technologies to enhance the learning
experience and attract various people from the entire world. The current study uses the …

This study offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of the relationship between
personal values and cognitive ability. A large sample of Australian adults (n= 15,552; 60 …