The Group Embedded Figures Test and Van Tilburg/Heimlich Teaching Style Preference instrument were completed by 31 agriculture student teachers (58% over age 25). Females were more field independent than the general female population. Overall, field independence was the preferred learning style and student-centered was the preferred teaching…

Sample of 25 preservice agriculture teachers completed Group Embedded Figures Test and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), revealing that 11 were field dependent, 14 field independent; females tended to be more field independent; they preferred learner-centered approach to teaching; and on MBTI, 60 percent were Extroverted, 76 percent Sensing, 56…

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…

Although differences between field-dependent and field-independent subjects have consistently been described in research on personality variables, insufficient research has been done in classrooms to describe differences in teacher behavior as related to the field-dependence-independence construct. Using ethnographic techniques, this exploratory…

The purpose of this study was to describe the cognitive styles of both international and domestic graduate students attending Marshall University (West Virginia). A total of 41 American and international graduate students were administered the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT), and 20 of the international students were interviewed. The study…