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Baker, Matt; Rudd, Rick; Hoover, Tracy – Journal of Extension, 1998
Florida extension agents (n=56) who completed the Group Embedded Figures Test and Values Analysis Profile were mostly field dependent and had global perceptions, preferred structured learning environments, and tended to be social. All were classed as synthesizers in terms of values. (SK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Extension Agents, Learning Processes, Personality Traits
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Adejumo, Dayo – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
The effect of cognitive style on the performance of four groups of college students (n=326) who used different strategies of study to comprehend prose was investigated. The cognitive styles of the subjects (field dependence/independence) interacted with the strategies of study and seem to affect performance on comprehension of prose at posttest.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Interaction, Learning Processes
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Renninger, K. Ann; Snyder, Samuel S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
The influence of matched or mismatched cognitive styles on perceived satisfaction and performance among students and teachers was examined in eight secondary school classrooms comprising 192 students. Results revealed the predicted interaction effect (favoring matched styles) on student perceptions of satisfaction and a similar trend on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Field Dependence Independence, High Schools
Rule, David L.; Grippin, Pauline C. – 1988
Theoretical framework, instrument development, and psychometric qualities are reviewed for some measures of learning style currently in use with adults. Instruments reviewed include: (1) Kolb's Learning Style Inventory I; (2) Kolb's Learning Style Inventory II; (3) the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; (4) the Productivity Environmental Preferences…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style