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Peer reviewedSaracho, Olivia – Educational Research Quarterly, 1980
Both field-dependents and field-independent teachers accurately ranked their students on academic competence, if the students had the same cognitive style. Field-dependent teachers had greater discrepancy scores, and negative ones, when ranking field-independent students. (GK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 2
Peer reviewedSaracho, Olivia N.; Dayton, C. Mitchell – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
The relationship of teachers' cognitive styles and their pupils' achievement was examined for second and fifth graders. Results indicated significant effects due to teachers' cognitive styles, but there was no significant outcome (main or interaction effect) associated with the matching of teachers' and pupils' cognitive styles, or with grade…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education


