TITLE Personality Characteristics Associated with Academic Achievement among Developmental College Students.

This study was conducted to identify the personality characteristics of high achieving developmental, or remedial, students and to discover how personality characteristics relate to academic performance among high-achieving developmental and non-developmental college students to determine if a correlation exists between personality and performance. The personality types of a sample of developmental honor society students (N=38) were compared to those of a sample of non-developmental honor society students (N=75) based on their responses to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Findings contribute to the body of research on developmental student characteristics and substantiate previous research that reports personality characteristics contribute and enhance the academic performance of developmental students. Recommendations for further research are included. Appendix A describes the MBTI personality types. Appendix B presents data on XAE Honor Society students; Appendix C, PBK Honor Society students. Appendix D contains data on the MBTI type groups. (HB) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. SCOPE OF INTEREST NOTICE PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH ACADEMIC tthoist gleo t The ERIC Facility has assigned to: this document for processing ACHIEVEMENT AMONG DEVELOPMENTAL COLLEGESTUDENTS Indexing should reflect their inghouses noted to the right. special points of view