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Peer reviewedRittschof, Kent A.; Griffin, Marlynn M.; Custer, Wendy L. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1998
Describes a study that examined five influences on college students' schemata to determine what affected their ability to make effective use of instructional thematic maps. Topics include use of the Group Embedded Figures Test to determine field dependence/independence; sex differences; student preferences for data representation types; and…
Descriptors: Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
Download full textSimpson, F. Morgan; And Others – 1994
The cognitive styles of Education majors at a southern university were examined over a 5-year period. The Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) was administered to 537 students in an introductory education course. This test identifies field-dependent (FD) and field-independent (FI) learning styles. One hundred ninety-six students were retested at the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Education Majors
Simpson, F. Morgan; And Others – 1995
The cognitive styles of Education majors at a southern university were examined over a five-year period. The Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) was administered to 537 students in an introductory education course. This test identifies field-dependent (FD) and field-independent (FI) learning styles. Two hundred twelve students were retested at the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Education Majors, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Dependence Independence
Peer reviewedSmall, Ruth V.; Grabowski, Barbara L. – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1992
Describes a study that identified various individual information seeking behavior patterns and determined how users' motivation, prior knowledge, gender, and cognitive processing influenced learning and retention within a hypermedia environment for undergraduate students. Use of the Group Embedded Figures Test is described and further research is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education
