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Download full textMelancon, Janet G.; Thompson, Bruce – 1989
This study investigated the nature of field independence by exploring the structure underlying responses to Forms A and B of a multiple-choice measure of field-independence, the Finding Embedded Figures Test (FEFT). Subjects included 302 students (52.7% male) enrolled in mathematics courses at a university in the southern United States. Students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Equated Scores, Factor Structure
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
