Learning Strategy Preference and Personality Type: Are They Related?

This study investigated the relationship of learning strategy preference to personality type. Learning strategy preference was identified with the Assessing The Learning Strategies of AdultS (ATLAS), and personality type was measured with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The findings indicate...

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Published in:Journal of adult education 2011-07, Vol.40 (2), p.1
Main Authors: Conti, Gary J, McNeil, Rita C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult Basic Education
Adult Learning
Adult Students
Age Differences
Andragogy
Cognitive Style
Critical thinking
Education
Educational Attainment
Educational Environment
Ethnicity
Gender Differences
Interest Inventories
Learning Processes
Learning Strategies
Memory
Metacognition
Myers Briggs Type Indicator
Personality
Personality Measures
Personality Traits
Preferences
Schematic Studies
Students
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Thinking Skills
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Summary:This study investigated the relationship of learning strategy preference to personality type. Learning strategy preference was identified with the Assessing The Learning Strategies of AdultS (ATLAS), and personality type was measured with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The findings indicate that while overall personality type is not related to learning strategy preference, three of the four indicators of personality type show a relationship to learning strategy preference. Consequently, while stereotypes cannot be made to link approaches to learning with overall personality types, certain personality traits can be indicators of how one might be approaching learning tasks. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0090-4244