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Download full textFritz, Robert L. – 1992
A study examined two dimensions of higher-order problem-solving skills: the ability to solve problems in an embedded context and the attitudes and preferences toward problem solving that suggest vocational self-understanding. The variables of gender and field-dependence cognitive style were used. Subjects were 238 secondary school marketing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking, Employment Qualifications
Smith, James; Sullivan, Monty – 1997
A study was conducted to determine whether chess instruction would change the measure of a student's field-dependence or field-independence as determined by the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) in the direction of stronger field independence. Field dependence/independence is a psychological construct referring to a global versus an analytical…
Descriptors: Black Students, Change, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Games
