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Peer reviewedWhittington, M. Susie; Raven, Matt R. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 1995
The Group Embedded Figures Test and Van Tilburg/Heimlich Teaching Style Preference instrument were completed by 31 agriculture student teachers (58% over age 25). Females were more field independent than the general female population. Overall, field independence was the preferred learning style and student-centered was the preferred teaching…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cognitive Style, Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCano, Jamie; And Others – Journal of Agricultural Education, 1992
Sample of 25 preservice agriculture teachers completed Group Embedded Figures Test and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), revealing that 11 were field dependent, 14 field independent; females tended to be more field independent; they preferred learner-centered approach to teaching; and on MBTI, 60 percent were Extroverted, 76 percent Sensing, 56…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Personality Traits
Download full textKoppelman, Kent – 1980
Although differences between field-dependent and field-independent subjects have consistently been described in research on personality variables, insufficient research has been done in classrooms to describe differences in teacher behavior as related to the field-dependence-independence construct. Using ethnographic techniques, this exploratory…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Style, Elementary School Teachers, Ethnography
Gordon, Howard R. D.; Wyant, Laura J. – 1994
The purpose of this study was to describe the cognitive styles of both international and domestic graduate students attending Marshall University (West Virginia). A total of 41 American and international graduate students were administered the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT), and 20 of the international students were interviewed. The study…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
