The impact of personality and approaches to learning on information behaviour

Previous studies have shown how personality influences learning strategies and learning outcome. In this study this will be taken further by combining personality and approaches to learning with information behaviour. The aim of this study is to show how the five traits of the Five-Factor Inventory...

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Language:English
Published: University of Borås 2000-01-01
Series:Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
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spelling doaj-8a7cd27539e841939c560c5e455c980f2020-11-25T00:31:05ZengUniversity of BoråsInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal1368-16132000-01-015378The impact of personality and approaches to learning on information behaviourPrevious studies have shown how personality influences learning strategies and learning outcome. In this study this will be taken further by combining personality and approaches to learning with information behaviour. The aim of this study is to show how the five traits of the Five-Factor Inventory related to the approaches to learning of the ASSIST-test affect information behaviour. The subjects will be approximately 500 university students writing their dissertation. In a pilot study it was shown that personality traits can be related to approaches to learning. Moreover they seem to form distinctive information behaviour.http://informationr.net/ir/5-3/paper78.htmlpersonality
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title The impact of personality and approaches to learning on information behaviour
spellingShingle The impact of personality and approaches to learning on information behaviour
Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
personality
title_short The impact of personality and approaches to learning on information behaviour
title_full The impact of personality and approaches to learning on information behaviour
title_fullStr The impact of personality and approaches to learning on information behaviour
title_full_unstemmed The impact of personality and approaches to learning on information behaviour
title_sort impact of personality and approaches to learning on information behaviour
publisher University of Borås
series Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
issn 1368-1613
publishDate 2000-01-01
description Previous studies have shown how personality influences learning strategies and learning outcome. In this study this will be taken further by combining personality and approaches to learning with information behaviour. The aim of this study is to show how the five traits of the Five-Factor Inventory related to the approaches to learning of the ASSIST-test affect information behaviour. The subjects will be approximately 500 university students writing their dissertation. In a pilot study it was shown that personality traits can be related to approaches to learning. Moreover they seem to form distinctive information behaviour.
topic personality
url http://informationr.net/ir/5-3/paper78.html
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