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Personality and learning FORTRAN

โœ Scribed by Dona M. Kagan; John M. Douthat

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1985
Weight
524 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0020-7373

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โœฆ Synopsis

Relationships between personality traits and achievement in introductory FORTRAN were examined among 326 college students. Personality was assessed via seven different multiple-choice tests, and achievement was assessed with four course exams, the first serving as a covariate. The course became more difficult as it progressed, and the relevance of personality to achievement increased. Ultimately, relatively introverted subjects, who were hard-driving and ambitious (Type A personality) obtained higher grades than their more extroverted, easy-going counterparts. There was no evidence that non-engineering majors were temperamentally "unsuited" for computer programming. quiet, introspective, and reserved---more interested in books than in people. In contrast, Eysenck described the typical extrovert as impulsive, talkative, lively, sociable, with 395

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