The purpose of this dissertation was to identify the effects of the educational science of cognitive style as an aid for teachers of educationally disadvantaged college students. The concept that was investigated was whether teachers, who had a variety of learning methods available to teach reading and mathematics to college freshmen could improve…

The four modes of cognitive preference are recall (R), principles (P), questions (Q), and application (A). The Science Cognitive Preference Inventory (SCPI) and an extensive background questionnaire were administered to 144 high school students from throughout the United States who were enrolled in various summer science programs for talented…

According to conventional wisdom, a test taker should not change his/her first response to a multiple-choice, although empirical evidence has consistently supported such changes. Quizzes for masters level students in educational measurement and evaluation showed increments due to answer changing. Low anxious students tended to make more changes…

In-service activities should give more attention to how teachers learn and how teachers' learning styles are related to their teaching styles. (JD)

Tests indicated that kindergarten children with impulsive conceptual tempos performed significantly lower on several measures of achievement and reasoning ability than did children with reflective tempos. (Editor)

Defines cognitive style mapping as a technique to determine how an individual learns or formulates concepts. Advocates mapping be used to analyze, diagnose, and prescribe instruction for personalized training programs. Displays styles and examples of cognitive mapping and presents a guide for map symbols/meanings. Provides assumptions for…

Reports two experiments which examine how cognitive style interacts with performance on tasks measuring formal thought. (Author/JMB)

Investigated was the relationship between linguistic coding and cognitive style in 96 adolescents. (Author/BD)

The purpose of this study was to identify a possible interaction between the cognitive style of the students and the instructional sequence of the materials and their combined effect on achievement. Findings indicate that interaction of cognitive style and instructional sequence is not significant in the ANCOVA. (Author/MA)

A specific aspect of learning strategy (the extent to which 14 students developed their understanding on a broad or narrow front) was examined. Results support hypotheses predicting positive relationships between a broad strategy in learning, wide attention deployment, a flexible approach to problem-solving and cognitive complexity. Relationships…

This research was designed to clarify the role of autonomic response and evaluative self-awareness in test anxiety. Autonomic, self-report, and performance measures of anxiety were collected from both test-anxious and non-test-anxious individuals in an analogue testing situation under three experimental conditions. Results support cognitive…

Research on different personality types, as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), suggests that various professions are like distinctive habitats where certain psychological characteristics flourish. This article describes the theoretical basis of MBTI studies and then outlines implications for using them to prove scientific…

Impulsive and reflective children performed in a discrimination learning task which included four reinforcement conditions: verbal-reward, verbal-punishment, material-reward, and material-punishment. (SB)

Cited is research which indicates that ocular motor abnormalities in children with reading difficulties are factors in the processing of visual information. (CL)