Disciplinary differences in personal attributes: A review of the literature
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Author list: Poondej C., Koul R., Sujivorakul C.
Publication year: 2010
Start page: 83
End page: 88
Number of pages: 6
ISBN: 9789604742325
ISSN: 1792-5061
eISSN: 1792-5061
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
Abstract
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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Disciplinary differences, Epistemological beliefs, Individual differences, Learning styles, Motivational goal orientations, Personal attributes, Procedural thinking, Thinking styles, Way of knowing
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