Abstract

CARNEIRO, Teresa Cristina Janes; FERREIRA, Marcello  and  MOURA, Ralf Luís de. Traits of personality and persistence in distance education courses. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.60, pp.137-172.  Epub Feb 04, 2020. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416x.19.060.ds07.

This article aims to compare the characteristics of the personality traits of students who persist in Distance Education courses. The surveys were carried out in bachelors and postgraduate courses offered by the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) under the Open University System of Brazil (UAB). In order to analyze the data, we used the concept of personality traits proposed in the Meta-Motivational and Personality Model - 3M (MOWEN, 2000) and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) as a statistical procedure. The results show that female students are significantly kinder, more conscientious, self-efficacious in learning, less need for excitement, more need for learning, more aware of the value, more satisfied with courses, and more persistent. Married couples have a greater awareness of value and less need for excitement. The higher the income, the greater the need for material resources, the greater the orientation to tasks and the less the introversion. In postgraduate courses, they are more open to experiences, more conscientious, more in need of material and bodily resources, more interactive, more accepting of technology, and more aware of their value. In Humanities and Social Sciences, they are more kind, open to experiences, conscientious and have greater need of material resources and greater awareness of value than the students of the areas of Exact and Biological Sciences. Based on these findings, it is hoped to contribute to university policies and actions that promote student persistence, especially in EaD courses.

Keywords : Student persistence; Higher education; Distance education; Personality traits; 3M Model.

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