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Cawley, Richard W. V.; And Others – Adult Education, 1976
The research investigated relational and analytic cognitive styles among 11 adult learners. Thirteen hypotheses were formulated and an instrument was developed to collect data on both styles. Predictions about learning environment preference were given reasonable support. (Author/EC)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Immergluck, Ludwig; Mearini, Maria Claudia – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Study supported through a U. S. Public Health Service Fellowship award to Ludwig Immergluck for his work at the Harvard Florence Research Project in Florence, Italy. (AP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Perception Tests, Perceptual Development, Responses
Dermen, Diran; Meissner, Judith A. – 1972
The Preschool Embedded Figures Test (PEFT), based partly on the Children's Embedded Figures Test, is a measure of field independence, or analytic functioning. It is intended to investigate the development of psychological differentiation in children as young as age three. The PEFT contains 27 black and white drawings (3 practice drawings and 24…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Data Analysis
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Crandall, Virginia C.; Lacey, Beth W. – Child Development, 1972
Study designed to reveal some of the intermediate skills which might account for the superior academic performance of children who perceive their reinforcements in those situations as caused by their own behavior (internal control). (Authors)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Locus of Control, Measurement Instruments, Performance Factors
Streibel, Michael J. – 1981
Three experiments were performed in which subjects were exposed to two sizes of the Embedded Figures Test (EFT), and subjects in the third experiment were also exposed to two sizes of the Rod and Frame Test (RFT). In the first experiment, where the EFT had a size differential of 1 to 4, a nonsignificant size effect and a significant rank…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Correlation, Educational Technology, Higher Education
OHNMACHT, FRED W. – 1967
THREE STUDIES EXPLORED THE RELATIONSHIP OF TWO COGNITIVE STYLES (FIELD DEPENDENCE AND DOGMATISM) TO ANTICIPATED AND ACTUAL TEACHING STYLE. FACTOR ANALYSIS OF SCORES ON A BATTERY OF TESTS (TEACHER CHARACTERISTIC SCHEDULE AND MEASURES OF CLOSED-MINDEDNESS AND FIELD INDEPENDENCE) ADMINISTERED IN THE FIRST STUDY TO 57 MALE SECONDARY EDUCATION MAJORS…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cognitive Tests, Dogmatism, Interaction Process Analysis