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Direct linkHite, Clare E. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2004
The purpose of this investigation was to determine if cognitive style (field dependence/independence [FD/I]) and gender interact with passage content to affect reading comprehension. Research on FD/I and its relationship to reading-related and other academic tasks served as the theoretical and empirical basis for the study. While most of the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Style, Gender Differences, Cognitive Ability
