Effects of Participant Personality On Management Training Methods

Abstract

Many variables influence results in a learning situation. Any one who is to understand adult education fully should be aware of the effect of such factors as characteristics of the teacher and of the learner, the learning environment, and the teaching method used. Of these factors, teaching method has been studied probably more than any other variable. This study, however, investigated an aspect of teaching methods that has not often been looked at before: the extent to which personality characteristics of adults influence the success of teaching methods. This study attempted to determine whether certain teaching methods are more effective in increasing knowledge and changing attitudes of adults with specific personality characteristics than are other teaching methods.

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