Personality traits found to be superior indicators of academic performance A new study from Australian researchers has found that personality may be a better indicator of academic success than forms of intelligence that are typically measured by standardized testing. The researchers looked at personality traits such as extroversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience and found that students self-assessments in these areas proved to be as much as 4 times as accurate at predicting academic performance than other measures of intelligence. Openness to experience and conscientiousness were found to have the strongest link to academic success. “In practical terms, the amount of effort students are prepared to put in, and where that effort is focused, is at least as important as whether the students are smart,” said Arthur Poropat, the study’s lead author. Huffington Post
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:50:33 +0000