Assessment Approaches and Cognitive Styles

The outcomes on multiple-choice tests and performance-based assessments for field-independent and field-dependent students were examined. A substantial interaction between cognitive style and assessment approach was found. Results suggested that performance-based assessment tended to favor field-independent subjects. Dependent on the purpose and intended use of assessment, this finding may raise concerns for validity based on either fairness or curriculum relevance.     

职前物理教师的认知风格对科学推理能力的影响研究

文章试图分析不同场认知风格的职前物理教师的科学推理能力是否存在显著性差异。利用《镶嵌图形测验(GEFT)》将职前物理教师分为场独立型和场依存型,然后采用《科学推理能力测量量表(LCTSR)》对两组被试的科学推理能力进行测试。基于SPSS软件对两组数据进行差异性及相关性分析,结果显示场独立型被试的整体水平要好于场依存型;在科学推理能力的7个子能力维度中,高级控制变量和假设演绎推理两个维度的差异性较其他维度更为显著。     

Cognitive style and the acquisition and transfer of the ability to control variables

This study examined the effects of an instructional procedure designed to teach both field-dependent and field-independent sixth graders to control variables and to transfer this ability to novel tasks. Students were randomly assigned to either a treatment group taught with a special instructional procedure adapted from Case or a group where students freely explored science equipment without receiving feedback. Three posttest tasks administered approximately four weeks after the last training session served as retention and transfer measures. Results indicated that students receiving the special instructional treatment correctly tested significantly more variables on the posttest tasks than did students in the other group. Within-group analyses revealed that the special treatment was effective for field-dependent as well as field-independent students, while the other treatment was effective for only field-independent students.     

The effect of field dependence and outline condition on learning high- and low-structure information from a lecture

Sixty-eight college students participated in the current research investigating the effects of an outline on field-dependent and field-independent students' learning of structurally important and less important information from a lecture. The lecture involved a 20-minute videotaped presentation on bird migration. Learning was assessed using a free recall task 10 minutes after the lecture (immediate recall) and both free recall and probed recall tasks one week after the lecture (delayed recall). Data were analyzed using mixed factorial ANOVAs. Results indicated that the outline assisted the field-dependent students in recall of high structure information and field-independent students in recall of low structure information. Performance of field-dependent and field-independent students was equivalent on probed recall of low-structure information, but significant differences were found on the free recall of low-structure information. It is proposed that these differences are attributable to superior organizational abilities of the field-independent students and to use of the outline as a guide for retrieval.     

学习云空间中基于情境感知的移动学习自适应模型及其应用研究

随着移动互联网等新技术的快速发展,移动学习成为网络学习空间的主要学习方式之一,然而移动学习效果的提升面临着复杂移动情境下空间化学习的自适应挑战。文章以云计算支持下的网络学习空间(即学习云空间)为背景,分析了移动学习的自适应因素,提出了一个基于情境感知的移动学习自适应模型,并探讨了移动学习的自适应实现机制及其应用策略。研究依托iStudy的移动学习自适应系统进行应用实践和实证分析,结果表明:该系统更有利于提高场独立型与场依存型两种风格学生的自我效能感,以及场依存型学生的学习成绩;不同知识类型学习中均使用该系统,其学习成绩没有差异;两种风格学生均认为该系统更加便捷适用,场依存型学生认为该系统更有利于促进学习。研究为促进移动学习的自适应和个性化理论与实践探索提供了有力支撑。     

场独立与场依存型认知风格差异对大学英语教学的启示

学习者具有不同的认知风格,认知风格直接参与并操纵语言学习的基本过程,并对学习者的学习方式和学习效果产生影响。场独立和场依存型认知风格是二语习得中最常见的认知风格,对学生的学习心理及学习习惯都会产生很大影响。本文对场独立与场依存型认知风格的英语学习者加以剖析,并指出就大学英语教学而言,教师如能在教学中了解学习者在认知风格上的差异性,并运用相应的教学策略引导学习者的认知风格,将极大地提高大学英语教学效果。     

场独立/场依存认知风格和二语习得

本文对场独立性和场依存性两种认知风格研究作了综述,并就该两种风格对二语习得的影响进行讨论。研究表明,具有场独立风格的学习者能在课堂教学中取得更大的成功;而场依存风格学习者在自然二语习得环境中具有优势。     

The effects of cognitive style and course content on classroom social behavior

This study of the effects of course content and cognitive style on students' classroom social behavior utilized 29 boys experiencing academic difficulties. After completing the Embedded Figures Test, each subject was assigned to either field-dependent (FD) or field-independent (FI) groups. Systematic observations of the two groups' classroom behaviors in French and mathematics classes were compared using ANOVA techniques. Results showed that the social behavior profiles of the two groups were the same on 18 behavioral categories. However, consistent with previous findings, FI subjects were more disruptive than FD subjects. Variance in social behavior was due principally to course content. The interactive effects of cognitive and task characteristics on social behavior are discussed within a cognitive-behavioral perspective.     

Field dependence/independence cognitive style and problem posing: an investigation with sixth grade students

Field dependence/independence cognitive style was found to relate to general academic achievement and specific areas of mathematics; in the majority of studies, field-independent students were found to be superior to field-dependent students. The present study investigated the relationship between field dependence/independence cognitive style and problem-posing ability among sixth grade students. The 94 students’ sample was clustered into three groups, according to the cognitive-style field dependence/independence (field dependents, field mixed and field independents). The results suggest that field-independent participants outperformed field-mixed and field-dependent ones in both problem-posing ability and the complexity of the problems posed. It was also found that the content of the task influenced the differences between the three groups of students as regards the ability in problem posing and the complexity of the problems posed; while in the first (informal context), second and fourth task differences were found between the groups, in the third task (formal context), no differences were evident. The results are interpreted in consideration to the relevant literature findings. Some educational implications are discussed and directions for future research are drawn.     

A context-aware ubiquitous learning approach for providing instant learning support in personal computer assembly activities

Personal computer assembly courses have been recognized as being essential in helping students understand computer structure as well as the functionality of each computer component. In this study, a context-aware ubiquitous learning approach is proposed for providing instant assistance to individual students in the learning activity of a computer-assembly course. In addition to comparing the learning achievements and learning satisfaction of the students who learned with context-aware ubiquitous learning and conventional technology-enhanced instruction, the computer-assembling performance, cognitive load, learning perceptions, as well as the learning attitudes of the students are also discussed. It was found that those students utilizing context-aware ubiquitous learning achieved better effects than those with conventional technology-enhanced learning. Moreover, with context-aware ubiquitous learning, the field-independent students presented higher acceptance of cognitive load, and more positive learning experience, learning perceptions, learning satisfaction, and learning attitudes than the field-dependent students.     

场独立和场依赖认知风格对大学生听力理解能力的影响

Witkin认知风格理论中通过镶嵌图形测试将学习者认知风格分为场独立性和场依赖性两种,场独立风格的学习者对外界或背景依赖程度小,场依赖风格的学习者对外界或背景的依赖程度大。场独立和场依赖认知风格对学习者的二语习得能力具有不同影响,听力理解能力同样受到不同认知风格的影响,学习者认清自身认知风格并在教师指导下有针对性地进行策略训练将有效提高听力理解水平。     

场独立——场依存认知风格指导下的少数民族学生英语阅读教学

本文通过对场独立——场依存两种认知风格的讨论,结合少数民族学生的英语阅读教学,分析了场独立和场依存型学生的学习行为的差异性及这两种认知风格与少数民族学生英语阅读教学的关系和指导作用。     

Project-based geometry learning: Knowledge and attitude of field-dependent/independent cognitive style students

The authors in a convergent parallel mixed method design aimed to investigate whether and how the geometry knowledge and attitude toward geometry of students with field-dependent/independent cognitive style improve differentially within a project-based learning environment. Quantitative data were collected from 97 seventh-grade students before and after the treatment. Repeated measures multivariate analysis of covariance results, controlling for gender and prior mathematics achievement, revealed a statistically significant main effect of time but not cognitive style. Follow-up repeated measures analysis of covariance by controlling the experiment-wise alpha level indicated that field-dependent, field-mixed, and field-independent students achieved a statistically significant mean increase for all measures. The qualitative (classroom observations and interviews with some students) data provided evidence that contextualizing, visualizing, and collaborating opportunities in the project-based learning environment made contributions for mean increase.     

Cognitive style and educational performance. The case of public schools in Bogotá, Colombia

This study analyses the relationships among educational performance, field dependence-independence cognitive style and factors traditionally associated with performance and style, to build a comprehensive model of factors associated with the levels of education performance of students in Bogotá. A total of 3003 students, of grades 8 and 10, from 62 public schools of the city of Bogotá, Colombia participated in the study. An analysis of multiple correspondences and a path analysis were carried out. A relationship between cognitive style and educational performance was found: field-independent students are more likely to obtain high-performance levels both in standardised tests and in teachers’ evaluations. The path analysis shows that there are two directions in the association: a direct path leads to a positive association: higher levels of field independence produce better performances; an indirect path leads to a negative association: higher levels of field independence produce indiscipline and, consequently, lower performances.     

Cognitive style and the effects of two instructional treatments on the acquisition and transfer of the ability to control variables: A longitudinal study

Long-term retention effects of two methods of instruction used one year earlier to teach field-dependent (FD) and field-independent (FI) sixth-grade students to control variables and to transfer this ability to novel tasks were investigated. The study also examined whether or not uninstructed seventh-grade students had acquired this ability on their own. Results indicated that Treatment I produced better retention over time for both FD and FI students than did Treatment II. Treatment II was more effective for FI students than for FD students. Significant main effects for treatment and cognitive style were found on each controlling variables task when the abilities of instructed and uninstructed seventh-grade students were compared. Field-dependent students who had received Treatment I significantly outperformed FD students who had received Treatment II and FD students who had received no instruction on how to control variables. Field-dependent students who had received Treatment II performed about as well as their counterparts who had received no instruction. Field-independent students who had received Treatment I significantly outperformed FI students who had received Treatment II on two of three measures and FI students who had received no instruction on all measures. Field-independent student who had received Treatment II significantly outperformed FI students who had received no instruction on two of three measures.     

认知风格、英语水平和外显知识对跨语言语义启动效应的影响

通过实验考查了认知风格、英语水平和外显知识对跨语言语义启动效应的影响。研究结果表明：场依存型学习者的启动量显著高于场独立型,即认知风格越偏向场依存,启动量越大;英语水平对跨语言语义启动无显著影响;外显知识对启动量的影响显著,已有外显知识能显著促进跨语言语义启动效应。     

教学风格与学习风格在公共英语教学中的整合

学生作为学习的个体有着自己独特的学习风格,按照不同的分类标准,可分为:独立型、依存型、视觉型、听觉型、动手型等。教师作为知识传授的个体其风格也可划分为不同的类型,例如,知识渊博型、权威型、示范型、促进型等。在公共英语教学中,教学风格与学习风格发生冲突会带来很多负面影响,大大降低学生的学习效率也会影响老师的教学效果。为避免这种情况的发生,要求采用"兼容型教学风格",以适应大多数学习者的学习风格,提高学生英语学习兴趣。     

心理学专业大学生的认知方式与共情能力研究——以高等医学类院校为例

采用EFT(镶嵌图形测验)和《大学生共情能力问卷》作为测量工具,探讨医类院校应用心理学专业大学生的认知方式与共情能力及其两者之间的关系。研究结果表明:独生子女的场独立性、共情自我识别显著高于非独生子女,中医心理专业学生的反向理解、负向应对高于医大学生,大三学生的他人情绪识别、一致性理解及总的共情能力高于大二学生;场独立者的他人情绪识别、一致性理解和正向应对及总的共情能力显著高于场依存者;认知方式与共情能力之间存在显著正相关,认知方式对共情能力具有显著的预测作用。