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Thinking Styles and Preferred Teacher Interpersonal Behavior among Hong Kong Students
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Yu, Tak-ming; Chen, Chen – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study investigated the relationship between thinking styles and preferred teacher interpersonal behavior based on the Model for Interpersonal Teacher Behavior (MITB, Wubbels, Creton, & Hooymayers, 1985) among 247 Hong Kong secondary school female students. The Thinking Style Inventory Revised (TSI-R, Sternberg, Wagner, & Zhang, 2003)…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Cognitive Style
The Effects of Mood, Cognitive Style, and Cognitive Ability on Implicit Learning
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Pretz, Jean E.; Totz, Kathryn Sentman; Kaufman, Scott Barry – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
In an experiment with 109 undergraduates, we examined the effect of mood, cognitive style, and cognitive ability on implicit learning in the Artificial Grammar (AG) and Serial Reaction Time (SRT) tasks. Negative mood facilitated AG learning, but had no significant effect on SRT learning. Rational cognitive style predicted greater learning on both…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Reaction Time, Psychological Patterns, Cognitive Ability
Further Investigating Thinking Styles and Psychosocial Development in the Chinese Higher Education Context
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Zhang, Li-fang – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Much theorization and research have been done independently on thinking styles and psychosocial development. The primary objective of this research was to further investigate the predictive power of thinking styles for psychosocial development through replicating Zhang and He's (in press) study of Chinese university students in Shanghai, mainland…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Development, Social Development, Emotional Development
Cognitive Styles and Instructional Design in University Learning
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Thomas, Patrick R.; McKay, Jacinta B. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Changes in conceptualization and measurement of the verbalizer-visualizer dimension led us to re-examine the hypothesis that students learn best when instructional material matches their cognitive style. First-year psychology university students (n = 41) studied information on three personality theories presented in text only, text+picture, or…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Instructional Design, Measures (Individuals), Instructional Materials
The Predictive Power of Socialization Variables for Thinking Styles among Adults in the Workplace
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Zhang, Li-fang; Higgins, Paul – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
The present study examines the predictive power of socialization variables for thinking styles among adults in the workplace. One hundred and seventeen managerial personnel (aged between 18 and 55 years) in England responded to the Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised based on Sternberg's theory of mental self-government and to questions concerning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Socialization, Foreign Countries, Prediction
Exploring Cultural Differences in Critical Thinking: Is It about My Thinking Style or the Language I Speak?
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Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi; Fischer, Ronald; Ward, Colleen – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Critical thinking is deemed as an ideal in academic settings, but cultural differences in critical thinking performance between Asian and Western students have been reported in the international education literature. We examined explanations for the observed differences in critical thinking between Asian and New Zealand (NZ) European students, and…
Descriptors: Asians, International Education, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries