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Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2013
The present study investigated the problem-solving performance of 101 university students and their interactions with a computer modeling tool in order to solve a complex problem. Based on their performance on the hidden figures test, students were assigned to three groups of field-dependent (FD), field-mixed (FM), and field-independent (FI)…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer System Design, Cognitive Style, Immigration
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Vernon, Philip A.; Strudensky, Steven – Intelligence, 1988
The performance of 136 college students at the University of Western Ontario (Canada) on various parameters of two well-known puzzles was compared with performance on a measure of general intelligence and the Hidden Figures Test. An interpretation of the results is provided by Sternberg's experimental subtheory of intelligence. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Clark, Henry T., III; And Others – 1988
Fifty-five college students participated in a study investigating the effect of field dependence and time limitations on the solution of mathematics word problems and visual interpretation problems. Field-independent (n=25) and field-dependent (n=30) subjects represented the upper and lower thirds on the Hidden Figures Test. Field-independent…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Competence, Field Dependence Independence