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Peer reviewedBuriel, Raymond – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Three measures of field dependence were used to determine whether: (1) Mexican American students are more field dependent than Anglo Americans; (2) intercorrelations between the tests are significant and comparable for both cultures; and (3) field dependence significantly affects academic performance. These assumptions were generally not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies
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It has been suggested that cognitive style interacts with performance on tasks measuring formal thought. It is hypothesized that cognitive style interacts with task context rather than with the underlying formal thought processes. Experiments are reported to clarify the type of task that elicits an interaction and to determine whether such…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries
