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Schroeder, David H. – 1989
This study assessed the bipolarity of cognitive style for 970 clients of the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation, a vocational guidance service. The 462 male and 508 female examinees were aged 14 to 65 years, with a median age of 24 years. Three cognitive style tests were investigated: (1) the Kagan Matching Familiar Figures Test (KMFFT); (2) the…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Cognitive Style
Download full textCopeland, Anne P.; Hammel, Robert – 1980
Cognitive self-instructional (CSI) programs have been successful in improving problem-solving skills in many, but not all, children. The importance of understanding the influence of subject characteristics in self-control studies, while often ignored in actual research, has been repeatedly advocated verbally. This paper presents a study designed…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Children, Individual Characteristics
Ricard, Richard J.; And Others – 1990
This study examined children's problem solving strategies by testing the verbal and mathematical abilities of 52 second-grade and 51 fourth-grade students. After being identified as either reflective or impulsive, based on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test, the children were given grade-appropriate mathematical and verbal reasoning problems…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Education
