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REASONING ABILITY AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES AMONG STUDENT‐TEACHERS
Author(s) -
EVANS E. G. S.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1964.tb00641.x
Subject(s) - psychology , extraversion and introversion , personality , social psychology , big five personality traits , mathematics education
S ummary . This study compares the reasoning abilities and personality characteristics of two representative samples of student‐teachers, namely, university graduates and training college students. Results show that at least 20 per cent. of training college students have the necessary intellectual ability to pursue academic work to degree standard. On tests of extraversion and sociability, the same students were significantly better than the graduates. There was no difference between the two groups in terms of emotional stability and self‐confidence. The research suggests that universities should pay more attention to the personal problems of its students whilst training colleges need to consider forms of education most likely to benefit those embarking on advanced academic work.