Abstract
[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between preparation behavior and the personality traits of vocational school students. Knowledge of this will be useful in other classrooms in the future. [Subjects] Forty freshmen. [Methods] A video of “Social Welfare Studies” was distributed in advance by the teacher. After watching the preparation video, students took part in the class four times. The preparation behavior of students was investigated for relationships with the “Big Five Personality Traits.” [Results] According to the results of discriminant analysis, the frequency of preparation actions by students was determined by “Extroversion”, “Conscientiousness”, and “Neuroticism”. Also the students’ preparation completion time was determined by “Conscientiousness” and “Openness”. [Conclusion] The results suggest that “Extroversion”, “Conscientiousness”, and “Neuroticism” of students are a predictive model of the frequency of preparation action. They also suggest that “Conscientiousness”, and “Openness” of students are a predictive model of their preparation completion times.
