The predictors of academic interest: fluid intelligence, openness, and their interaction

Big Five Personality Traits and Second Language Learning: a Meta-analysis of 40 Years’ Research

“…For instance, in a US college student sample, Jackson (2019) found that students with higher levels of openness outperformed those lower in openness. In a recent study (Zhang et al, 2019), it was shown that, in a large sample of Chinese secondary school students, openness was related to students' English language learning interest.…”

“…Such personal tendencies could facilitate their active learning that would lead to higher levels of L2 learning achievement. Research in this area has suggested that openness to experience could be one of the more salient predictors for L2 learning achievement (Oz, 2014;Zhang et al, 2019). For instance, in a US college student sample, Jackson (2019) found that students with higher levels of openness outperformed those lower in openness.…”

A fundamental quest in educational psychology: how to explain learning and engagement?

“…In addition to clear theoretical implications, the results offer educators important practical implications for the construction of multiple-choice items. Zhang, Dong, and Yang (2019) examined how intelligence and personality might be related to academic interest. Latent class modeling has been conducted using the data collected from a large sample of Chinese secondary school students.…”

Student interest in mathematics homework: Do peer interest and homework approaches matter?

“…Interest is viewed as a motivational construct that embodies students' psychological disposition to engage or reengage with particular types of activities, objects, and events (Hidi & Renninger, 2006). It has been associated with various desirable outcomes such as attention, effort, persistence, and performance (Zhang et al, 2019). Extant literature posits a broad spectrum of factors that may affect interest.…”