Personality and Individual Differences

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The Big Five Personality traits , learning styles, and academic achievementMeera Komarraju , Steven J. Karau, Ronald R. Schmeck, Alen AvdicSouthern Illinois University at Carbondale, United Statesarticle infoArticle history:Received 15 January 2011Received in revised form 14 April 2011Accepted 27 April 2011Available online 2 June 2011Keywords:Learning stylesBig FiveAcademic achievementSynthesis-analysisConscientio usnessReflectiveOpennessElaborative processingabstractPersonality and learning styles are both likely to play significant roles in influencing academic achieve-ment. College students (308 undergraduates) completed the Five Factor Inventory and the Inventory ofLearning Processes and reported their grade point average.

not know how learning styles might mediate the relationship be-tween personality traits and academic performance. In the current research, we sought to fill this gap in the literature by directly

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