TY - GEN
T1 - Disciplinary differences in personal attributes
T2 - 9th WSEAS International Conference on Education and Educational Technology, EDU'10
AU - Poondej, Chanut
AU - Koul, Ravinder
AU - Sujivorakul, Chuchai
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper is a review of research studies on disciplinary differences in specifically individual attributes: thinking and learning styles, motivational goal orientations, and epistemological beliefs. The paper begins with individual differences in learning, what is the thinking style (in term of procedural thinking), what is the learning style, the motivational goal orientation, the epistemological belief, how these factors are important, and disciplinary differences. Moreover, we point to the importance of personal attributes enhancing the students' learning performance and varying across disciplinary areas.
AB - This paper is a review of research studies on disciplinary differences in specifically individual attributes: thinking and learning styles, motivational goal orientations, and epistemological beliefs. The paper begins with individual differences in learning, what is the thinking style (in term of procedural thinking), what is the learning style, the motivational goal orientation, the epistemological belief, how these factors are important, and disciplinary differences. Moreover, we point to the importance of personal attributes enhancing the students' learning performance and varying across disciplinary areas.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79958697296
SN - 9789604742325
T3 - International Conference on Education and Educational Technologies - Proceedings
SP - 83
EP - 88
BT - Selected Topics in Education and Educational Technology - 9th WSEAS International Conference on Education and Educational Technology, EDU'10
Y2 - 4 October 2010 through 6 October 2010
ER -