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Expository Content Area Texts, Cognitive Style and Gender: Their Effects on Reading Comprehension
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Hite, Clare E. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2004
The purpose of this investigation was to determine if cognitive style (field dependence/independence [FD/I]) and gender interact with passage content to affect reading comprehension. Research on FD/I and its relationship to reading-related and other academic tasks served as the theoretical and empirical basis for the study. While most of the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Style, Gender Differences, Cognitive Ability
Effects of Conversational Noise, Locus of Control, and Field Dependence/Independence on the Performance of Academic Tasks.
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Collins-Eiland, Karen; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1986
To evaluate the effects of conversational noise on the comprehension/retention of 2000-word text excerpts, two groups were randomly formed. Group I (n=20) studied under noise conditions and Group 2 (n=24) studied under nonnoise conditions. Overall ANCOVAs indicated no significant differences between groups but identifiable subgroups showed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education