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Peer reviewedCavaiani, Thomas P. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989
Discussion of the relationship of personality variables to programing ability highlights a study of undergraduates that investigated the influence of cognitive style on the programing skill of debugging. Use of the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) is described, scoring schemes for diagnostic tasks are explained, and suggestions for further…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Style, Computer Science Education, Correlation
Download full textMelancon, Janet G.; Thompson, Bruce – 1987
This paper reviews the research literature regarding the importance of Witkin's theory of psychological differentiation, particularly the research on measures of field independence using perceptual disembedding tasks. The first phase of development of a multiple-choice perceptual disembedding measure, the Finding Embedded Figures Test, is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Testing, Field Dependence Independence, Multiple Choice Tests
