ERIC Number: EJ741462
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Publication Date: 2003
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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.)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Cognitive Style, Undergraduate Students, Individual Differences, Models, Measures (Individuals), Hypothesis Testing, Construct Validity, Memory, Literature Reviews, Stimuli, Epistemology
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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