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Generation Psy: Student Characteristics and Academic Achievement in a Three-Year Problem-Based Learning Bachelor Program
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de Koning, Bjorn B.; Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Smeets, Guus; van der Molen, Henk T. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study investigated the simultaneous impact of demographic, personality, intelligence, and (prior) study performance factors on students' academic achievement in a three-year academic problem-based psychology program. Information regarding students' gender, age, nationality, pre-university education, high school grades, Big Five personality…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Intelligence, Learning Activities, Academic Achievement
Longitudinal Genetic Study of Verbal and Nonverbal IQ from Early Childhood to Young Adulthood
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Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Bartels, Meike; Boomsma, Dorret I. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
In a longitudinal genetic study we explored which factors underlie stability in verbal and nonverbal abilities, and the extent to which the association between these abilities becomes stronger as children grow older. Measures of verbal and nonverbal IQ were collected in Dutch twin pairs at age 5, 7, 10, 12 and 18 years. The stability of both…
Descriptors: Twins, Intervals, Structural Equation Models, Intelligence Quotient