Abstract:

A study was developed to determine if one or more individual personality traits, or temperament-learning styles, influenced the student's ability to successfully answer questions presented in the traditional true/false or single correct answer multiple choice format, relative to those same questions presented as multiple correct answer multiple choice exams. The resulting data suggests that, while differences are not generally observed in the proportion of correct answers, significant differences were observed in the reasons for error (incorrect answers) for the varied personality traits and/or temperament-learning styles.

 

Keywords:

temperament, learning styles, exam formats, true-false, multiple choice

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