Choosing Competency-Based, Humanistic and Self-Directed Programs: The Contribution of Personality and Reasoning.

Clarke, John H.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ247350

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981

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Choosing Competency-Based, Humanistic and Self-Directed Programs: The Contribution of Personality and Reasoning.

Clarke, John H.; And Others

Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, v5 n3 p202-12 Spr 1981

Fifty-five college women enrolled in competency-based, humanistic, or self-directed educational programs listed reasons for program selection and completed personality inventories. The results question the assumption that different programs are for different personality types and suggest perceptions of purpose as more important factors. (MSE)

Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Females, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Independent Study, Nontraditional Education, Personality Traits, Student Characteristics, Student Motivation, Womens Education

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Language: English

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