Abstract. The present study aims at comparing the predictive power of motivation and broad personality traits for school performance and contributes to an understanding of the nomological network of personality. A sample of German adolescent students (N = ...
Assessing Science-Related Beliefs at Upper Secondary and College Level: A Validation Study of the FREE QuestionnaireThis paper presents an extended validation of a German questionnaire recently devised to measure the developmental level of ...
Cognitive and Psychosocial Characteristics upon Entry into Teacher Training: Are Teacher Candidates Underestimated?In public debate on the teaching profession, it is sometimes suggested that people who choose to become teachers have unfavorable cognitive ...
Faking of Personality Measures for College Admission in Teacher EducationAbstract. Personality measures in student admission entail the question if applicants fake, i. e. distort their responses to be viewed more favorably than they actually are. This ...
The role of ability, personality, and interest in the decision between secondary school and apprenticeshipAbstract. A crucial educational decision in adolescence is whether to continue attending secondary school or to start an apprenticeship. The aim of ...
Abstract: Based on the person-environment fit theory and the dynamic self-regulatory model of narcissism, an occupational self-selection into the teaching profession is analysed. This examination consults two ...