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ERIC Number: EJ741462
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 20
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0739-3369
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Design and Evaluation of a Tool to Assess Strategical Information Processing Styles
Farrell, Beverly A.; Kotrlik, Joe W.
Journal of Vocational Education Research, v28 n2 p141-160 2003
Underpinned on the theories of individual differences and the information processing paradigm, the author hypothesized five different strategical information processing styles (SIPS): visuo-spatial, analytical, social, categorical, and verbal. An instrument was developed containing specific measurable descriptors for each of the five constructs. In this study, the empirical evidence verified only four SIPS: visuo-spatial, analytical, social, and categorical. The final instrument was evaluated using a sample of 514, which was split into two groups. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed on the first group to develop a model. The model was confirmed using the second group. The analysis of the final model revealed acceptable convergent and discriminate validities. The SIPS assessment provides a measure of the strategies that individual students prefer to employ when processing information. These individual strategies should prove to be useful assets in the dynamic workplace of the twenty-first century. (Contains 4 figures and 4 tables.)
Association for Career and Technical Education Research. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Human Resource Education, 1310 South Sixth Street, 351 Education Building, Champaign, IL 61820. Web site: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/CTER/.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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