| Title |
Bryd, Anneli_MED_2019 |
| Alternative Title |
A Correlational Study of Myers-Briggs Personality Types and Math Success at the Post-Secondary Level |
| Creator |
Bryd, Anneli |
| Collection Name |
Master of Education |
| Description |
Many students have great difficulty passing required mathematics courses. These difficulties persist into the college years and cost both students and their institutions billions of dollars and great frustration. This project explores the impact of personality on math achievement, specifically whether any one of the sixteen Myers-Briggs personality types displays an advantage in the study of mathematics, and whether there is a difference between students with Sensing or Intuitive preferences. This was a quantitative study using chi-square analytics to determine statistical significance between various personality types and mathematics success. With IRB approval, the MBTI data for all students (excluding minors) who were enrolled in the First Year Experience course in the Fall of 2018 were obtained. These data were compared to the student's initial mathematics placement at Weber State University and the student's performance in mathematics courses if taken, in the Fall of 2018 and Spring of 2019. This study did not reveal any significant differences of MBTI type and mathematics performance or a difference between the Sensing and Intuitive learning preferences. There was, however, a significant difference between the Thinking and Feeling types with Thinking types displaying an overall advantage both in initial mathematics placement and subsequent performance. The implications of this research show that one determinate of success in mathematics lies not in the way a student learns information, but in how the student reaches decisions. Further research on the differences in mathematical thinking for both Thinking and Feeling types is indicated. |
| Subject |
Education--Evaluation; Education--Research--Methodology |
| Keywords |
Mathematics; Myers-Briggs personality assesment |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Date |
2019 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s64tqxxk |
| Setname |
wsu_smt |
| ID |
96793 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s64tqxxk |
