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Download full textRoth, Wolff-Michael; Milkent, Marlene M. – 1989
The present study was designed to test how well the measures of the cognitive constructs of M-space, cognitive style, and short-term storage space (STSS) could predict the amount of practice needed to induce successful problem solving behaviors, the ability to transfer behaviors to different contexts, and the readiness to abandon unsuccessful…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Science, Factor Analysis, Field Dependence Independence
Nasser, Ramzi; Carifio, James – 1993
The purpose of this study was to find out whether students perform differently on algebra word problems that have certain key context features and entail proportional reasoning, relative to their level of logical reasoning and their degree of field dependence/independence. Field-independent students tend to restructure and break stimuli into parts…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, College Mathematics
