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Thornell, John G. – 1975
This study examined possible relationships between the analytic/global dimension of cognitive style, as defined by Davis and Klausmeier (1970) and measured by the Children's Embedded Figures Test (CEFT), and two modes of instruction varying in the level of guidance provided the learner. Sixty Anglo subjects (eight and nine years old), identified…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Guidance Programs, Individual Differences
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Pierce, Jean W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
The relation between imagery-assisted prose recall and field independence was found to be significantly stronger than the relation between control recall and field independence for third graders, but not for kindergartners. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Cues, Grade 3
Lovano, Jessie J. – 1969
The perceptual-developmental research of Kagan and Witkin elicited this study of cognitive style. The work of these two researchers leads to the conclusion that differences between graphic expressions of children of the same age reflect differences in the children's mode of information processing. Specifically, this study sought to test the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Art Expression, Body Image, Cognitive Development