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Lee, Lynda Newby; Lee, Mickey M. – 1985
This study identified the cognitive style (as defined by the construct of field independence/dependence) of prospective teachers at Eastern Kentucky University and identified instructional strategies reflective of the field independent/dependent dimension of cognitive style. In the 1984 Fall Semester the Group Embedded Figures Test was…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education, Perception Tests
Peer reviewedMshelia, Ayuba Yabilar; Lapidus, Leah Blumberg – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1990
Tests of 172 fourth grade students in Zaria, Nigeria, supported the hypotheses that non-Western subjects' difficulties in judging depth in linear pictures are a function of individual perceptual organization, and that training could improve field independence and depth perception. Discusses child-rearing practices that may increase field…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Style, Depth Perception, Elementary School Students
Lane, David S., Jr.; Newman, Dianna L. – 1985
College undergraduates (n=44) were given a measure of field independence-dependence prior to receiving instruction in conditional reasoning. Instruction incorporated various aspects of an earlier effective instructional system that was adapted for present learners and was incorporated into a larger, more typical classroom group. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring, Field Dependence Independence
