Educational orientation, NEO PI-R personality traits, and plans for graduate school

College Student Journal, Dec, 2003 by James A. Scepansky, Christopher A. Bjornsen

Table 1.

Correlation Coefficients for Relations Among Ten Measures of Student
Engagement in Learning

Measures      1         2         3         4         5         6

 1. GPA         --
 2. Hours      .16 **     --
 3. Class      .11 *     .14 *      --
 4. LOA        .01       .09       .23 **     --
 5. LOB        .01       .31 **    .32 **    .33 **     --
 6. GOA       -.18 **   -.13 *    -.22 **   -.13 *    -.37 **     --
 7. GOB       -.28 **   -.16 **   -.19 **   -.09      -.16 **   -.48 **
 8. OPEN       .03       .04       .19 **    .22 **    .33 **   -.35 **
 9. Ideas      .08       .11 *     .18 **    .31 **    .38 **   -.42 **
10. CONS.      .36 **    .27 **    .16 **    .14 *     .21 **   -.16 **
11. Comp.      .26 **    .21 **    .20 **    .22 **    .22 **   -.17 **
12. A.S.       .35 **    .31 **    .23 **    .16 **    .26 **   -.13 *

Measures      7         8         9         10        11        12

 1. GPA
 2. Hours
 3. Class
 4. LOA
 5. LOB
 6. GOA
 7. GOB         --
 8. OPEN      -.23 **     --
 9. Ideas     -.28 **    .72 **     --
10. CONS.     -.20 **   -.14 **    .04       --
11. Comp.     -.16 **    .04       .18 **   .77 **      --
12. A.S.      -.15 **   -.07       .07      .82 **     .63 **    --

Note. Hours = Hours of Study; Class = Class Participation;
LOA = Learning Oriented Attitude; LOB = Learning Oriented Behavior;
GOA = Grade Oriented Attitude; GOB = Grade Oriented Behavior;
OPEN. = Openness (NEO Factor); CONS. = Conscientiousness
(NEO Factor); Comp. = Competence (NEO Facet);
A.S. = Achievement Striving (NEW Facet)

* p < .05. ** p < .01.

Table 2.

Adjusted Means, Standard Deviations and Univariate Analysis of
Variance F Ratios on Twelve Measures Related to Student Engagement as a
Function of Future Plans

                        Graduate School    Enter Workforce
                           (N = 166)          (N = 161)

Measure                      M       SD         M       SD     F(1,324)

GPA                       2.80      .62      2.67      .58     3.47 *
Hours of Study           13.08     7.29     11.77     6.69     2.81 *
Class Participation       3.41      .99      3.08      .86    10.13 ***
LOA                      29.04     3.76     27.78     3.56     9.72 ***
LOB                      20.86     4.57     19.04     4.38    13.87 ***
GOA                      26.48     4.28     27.80     4.44     7.48 ***
GOB                      18.07     4.01     19.32     4.56     6.83 ***
Openness                123.28    17.52    117.86    19.26     7.06 ***
Ideas                    20.53     5.58     18.59     5.48     9.98 ***
Conscientiousness       111.28    20.90    106.21    25.27     3.91 **
Achievement-Striving     19.22     4.36     17.44     5.17    11.22 ***
Competence               20.60     3.80     19.44     4.10     7.16 ***

Note. LOA = Learning Oriented Attitude; LOB = Learning Oriented
Behavior; GOA = Grade Oriented Attitude; GOB = Grade Oriented Behavior.

* p <. 10. ** p < .05. *** p < .01.

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