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The Relationship Between Elementary Teacher Personality Types And Their Attitudes Toward Elementary Age Students With Learning Disabilities, Mary Beth Thompson
The Relationship Between Elementary Teacher Personality Types And Their Attitudes Toward Elementary Age Students With Learning Disabilities, Mary Beth Thompson
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The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship existed between regular elementary teacher personality types and their attitudes toward elementary age students with learning disabilities. Subjects (n= 50) were regular elementary teachers grades two through six from five randomly sampled elementary schools in Virginia. 62% (n= 31) of the questionnaires were returned. The attitudes of the selected elementary teachers were determined by self-developed survey questionnaire using a Likert Scale. Personality types were determined by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). A Pearson r was used to analyze the data obtained from the Likert Scale and the MBTI at …