Typical intellectual engagement, big five personality traits, approaches to learning and cognitive ability predictors of academic performance

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 769-782

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Monsen, Jeremy ^a   Ahmetoglu, Gorkan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; CHARACTER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70350347307     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/978185409X412147     Document Type: Article

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