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95 Examples of Student Attitudes

John Spacey, updated on October 25, 2023

Student attitudes are the emotional and cognitive approaches a student demonstrates in an academic situation such as a class or subject. These are a basis for student behaviors and greatly affect learning outcomes. The following are common examples of student attitudes.

Accountable	Adaptable
Ambitious	Analytical
Apathetic	Artistic
Bold	Candid
Caring	Charismatic
Collaborative	Committed
Communicative	Confident
Cooperative	Creative
Critical	Curious
Cynical	Dedicated
Defeated	Defiant
Determined	Diligent
Discouraged	Disengaged
Dismissive	Disrespectful
Disruptive	Distracted
Driven	Eager
Efficient	Empathetic
Engaged	Enthusiastic
Ethical	Expressive
Fearless	Flexible
Focused	Friendly
Goal-oriented	Honest
Hostile	Impulsive
Indifferent	Inquisitive
Insecure	Inspired
Intellectual	Inventive
Irresponsible	Motivated
Open-minded	Optimistic
Organized	Original
Outgoing	Passive
Patient	Persevering
Pessimistic	Positive
Precise	Prepared
Procrastinating	Punctual
Rebellious	Reflective
Reserved	Resigned
Resilient	Resistant
Resourceful	Respectful
Responsible	Responsive
Rigorous	Scholarly
Self-assured	Self-disciplined
Self-motivated	Self-reliant
Skeptical	Sociable
Supportive	Talented
Tenacious	Thorough
Unambitious	Uncommitted
Uncooperative	Unfocused
Unmotivated

Positive Student Attitudes

Positive student attitudes relate to interest, self-control, enthusiasm and respect for others.

Negative Student Attitudes

Negative student attitudes relate to a lack of focus, engagement, self-control or hostility towards others.

It should be noted here that it is common for the same student to hold both positive and negative attitudes. For example, a student could be cynical and hostile but also diligent and hard working. In many cases, exceptionally talented students may have the confidence to be negative in certain ways.

Factors Influencing Student Attitudes

Student attitudes are situational whereby a student may be diligent in one class and disruptive in the next. It is also common for a student to have a perverse attitude towards all learning for some period of time. The following are factors that may shape student attitudes.

Academic confidence	Adversity a student may be facing in their life
Assessments & testing	Bullying
Class size	Classroom atmosphere
Classroom culture	Classroom environment
Classroom management	Cognitive & emotional characteristics
Expectations placed on student	Family environment
Goals & aspirations	Health & well-being
Homework & assignments	Inclusivity & diversity
Interest in subject	Learning style
Media influences	Past experiences in school
Peer relationships	Perceived relevance
Personality	Positive experiences in class
School culture	Stressful experiences in class
Support such as parental help with homework	Teacher-student relationship
Teaching method	Teaching style

Summary

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References

Remmers, Hermann H. "The relationship between students' marks and student attitude toward instructors." School & Society (1928).

Shaughnessy, Joan M., and Thomas M. Haladyna. "Research on student attitude toward social studies." Social education 49.8 (1985): 692-95.

Kaufman, David M., and Karen V. Mann. "Comparing students' attitudes in problem-based and conventional curricula." Academic medicine: journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 71.10 (1996): 1096-1099.