Typology as a Moderating Variable in Success in Science

1970 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 711-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Reynolds ◽  
Amy G. Hope
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Science Achievement ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
School Students ◽  
Homogeneous Groups ◽  
Heterogeneous Groups ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Myers Briggs

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was examined for its utility as a predictor of intellective behaviors. For beginning, intermediate and advanced high school students measures of GPA, IQ, science achievement, and science aptitude were obtained. MBTI subscales were dichotomized and criteria were analyzed relative to the resultant eight groups. MBTI subscales provided evidence that typology may well be a moderating factor in intellective performance. The intuition (S-N) scale provided consistent indication of typological differences moderating performance. MBTI appeared to be more appropriate for heterogeneous groups and lost its discriminatory utility with homogeneous groups.

Giftedness and Psychological Type

1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Magnet School ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Academically Talented ◽  
School Students ◽  
Psychological Types ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Magnet High School

This article examines the psychological types as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) of students admitted to a public, residential, magnet high school for academically talented and gifted juniors and seniors. These students are compared to two groups of gifted adolescents and two groups of traditional high school students. The magnet school students are significantly like the gifted students and significantly unlike the traditional students. Gifted students seem to have a particular MBTI type distribution. Discussion focused on the implications of this finding to the education of the magnet school students and other gifted students.

Differences in Myers-Briggs Personality Types Among High School Band, Orchestra, and Choir Members

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christin Reardon MacLellan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
School Students ◽  
High School Band ◽  
Band Students ◽  
School Norms ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
School Band

The purpose of this study was to explore personality type differences among high school band, string orchestra, and choir students according to ensemble membership. Participants ( N = 355) were high school students who had participated in their school’s band, orchestra, or choir for 1 year or more. The author administered the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to determine the personality type for each participant. Personality types were compared among the three ensembles as well as with published MBTI high school norms. Results indicated that personality type differences existed among the ensembles and that there were significant differences in the comparisons with MBTI norms. A significant personality type difference was found between orchestra and choir students along the Extraversion-Introversion dichotomy, indicating that choir students were more likely to be Extraverted when compared to orchestra students. There were no significant differences among the ensembles on the Sensing-Intuition, Thinking-Feeling, or Judging-Perceiving scales. Compared to high school norms, the students in each ensemble were significantly more likely to be Intuitive and Feeling. The band students were significantly more likely to be Perceiving, and the choir students were significantly more likely to be Extraverted.

Some Correlates of a Jungian Personality Inventory

1964 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 623-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence J. Stricker ◽  
John Ross
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
School Programs ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
High School Programs ◽  
Personality Typology

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a self-report inventory which is intended to measure four variables stemming from the Jungian personality typology: extraversion-introversion, sensation-intuition, thinking-feeling, and judging-perceiving. The construct validity of each of its scales was assessed in a series of studies which investigated the scales' correlations with ability, interest, and personality scales and differences on the scales between the sexes and between students in different high school programs. The findings suggest that the Sensation-Intuition and Thinking-Feeling scales may reflect restricted aspects of the dimensions that they are intended to represent, and the Extraversion-introversion and Judging-Perceiving scales may reflect something quite different from their postulated dimensions.

scholarly journals The Impact of Science Knowledge, Reading Skill, and Reading Strategy Knowledge on More Traditional “High-Stakes” Measures of High School Students’ Science Achievement

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tenaha O’Reilly ◽  
Danielle S. McNamara
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Science Achievement ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
Science Knowledge ◽  
School Students ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
The Impact

This study examined how well cognitive abilities predict high school students’ science achievement as measured by traditional content-based tests. Students (n = 1,651) from four high schools in three states were assessed on their science knowledge, reading skill, and reading strategy knowledge. The dependent variable, content-based science achievement, was measured in terms of students’ comprehension of a science passage, science course grade, and state science test scores. The cognitive variables reliably predicted all three measures of science achievement, and there were also significant gender differences. Reading skill helped the learner compensate for deficits in science knowledge for most measures of achievement and had a larger effect on achievement scores for higher knowledge than lower knowledge students. Implications for pedagogy and science assessment are discussed.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document