Relationships of Some Personality Variables to Academic Attainment of Secondary School Pupils.

Maqsud, Muhammad

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ERIC Number: EJ480292

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Publication Date: 1993

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Relationships of Some Personality Variables to Academic Attainment of Secondary School Pupils.

Maqsud, Muhammad

Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v13 n1 p11-18 1993

Reports on a study of 120 (60 boys, 60 girls) middle school students in Bophuthatswana on the relation of academic achievement to self-concept and locus of control. Finds that measures of extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism are related negatively to school achievement. (CFR)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries, Locus of Control, Secondary Education, Self Concept, Self Esteem, Sex Differences, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory

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