Self-monitoring as a mediator of person-environment fit: an investigation of Hong Kong mathematics classroom environments

The research literature indicates that students tend to achieve better in a learning environment close to their preference. It was hypothesised that the congruence between the preferred and actual classroom environments would have an effect on students' learning and the impact would be more salient among low rather than high self‐monitoring individuals since the latter can more easily adapt themselves to situations. This hypothesis was supported...