TY - JOUR
AU - Knecht, Walter W.
AB - THE JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (Volume 56, Number 3, November 1962) Teachers' Ratings of High-School Students on "Likability" and Their Relation to Measures of Ability and Achievement J. R. WILLIAMS and WALTER W. KNECHT Public Schools, Kankakee, Illinois ONE OUTGROWTH of the quickened interest in mend it as a hypothetical influence on school achievement. While pondering these considerations, education during the last five years has been the the trait of "likability" came to mind. active serarch for better means of predicting school achievement. In this quest, personality variables The reality and positive influence of a trait are receiving extensive consideration by several similar to that of "likability" is not hard to docu- ment in the experience of most people. investigators (2,4,6,7,11,12). Generally, these A pleasing efforts have been rewarding either through discov- manner seems to contribute to one's effectiveness whether he be a salesman, minister, teacher, or ering a significant correlation between certain per- sonality measures and level of achievement or by politician. And, how many remember some fellow finding that some combination of personality and student from school days who seemed to please teachers to the point of getting a little extra con- ability measures gives a higher 
TI - Teachers’ Ratings of High-School Students on “Likability” and their Relation to Measures of Ability and Achievement
JF - The Journal of Educational Research
DO - 10.1080/00220671.1962.10882911
DA - 1962-11-01
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SP - 152
EP - 155
VL - 56
IS - 3
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