An investigation of the relationship between the intellectual and the academic aspects of college life
Brown R.D.
1968
Journal of Educational Research
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10.1080/00220671.1967.10883727
This investigation of the relationship between the intellectual attitudes of 390 college freshmen, their participation in intellectual activities and their academic achievement was made at a small liberal arts college using four scales of the Omnibus Personality Inventory and a self-report activities index. Significant correlations were found between all of the intellectual attitude scales and all of the intellectual activity indices. Students who preferred abstract thought, possessed a problem-solving orientation, expressed interest in art and literature, and were tolerant of new ideas as indicated by the OPI scales also tended to participate in a broader range of intellectual activities and discussions and read a greater variety of intellectual books and magazines. Among the attitude scales and the activity indices only a problem-solving orientation was significantly related to academic success. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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