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Personality Traits’ Influence on SSRL in a Collaborative Task
Markmann, Carlotta (2025) Personality Traits’ Influence on SSRL in a Collaborative Task.
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| Abstract: | Current research has dealt with the importance of socially shared regulation of learning (SSRL) in successful collaborative learning. So far, less is known about how individual differences influence the regulatory process of SSRL. This research aimed to investigate how individual differences, specifically the personality traits of extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, influence SSRL during a digital collaborative problem-solving task. This study aims to expand research on the impact of individual differences on SSRL among university students, as these effects have not been thoroughly examined so far. Seven groups of three students took part in this study, wherein they completed a personality test and subsequently participated in a computerized collaborative problem-solving exercise in groups of three, in which behaviors related to SSRL were coded. Results showed that the three personality traits did not significantly predict SSRL scores, according to multiple linear regression analysis. Similarly, correlational analyses revealed no statistically significant relationships between SSRL and personality. However, on the subscales of SSRL, statistical significance was measured. As extraversion positively predicted the subcategory of SSRL, metacognition, and agreeableness and conscientiousness both have a significant relationship predicting behavior, another subcategory of SSRL. Limitations of this study included a small sample size as well as limited interactivity in the digital problem-solving task. Future research should explore these and other personality traits with a larger sample in order to better understand the underlying factors behind SSRL as well as further explore group-regulatory processes. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology, 81 education, teaching |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/106721 |
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