This study was an investigation into the validity of cognitive style measures, as represented by Hill's Cognitive Styles Inventory (CSI) or Witkin's Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT), as predictors of student study behavior. Students were first categorized as visual or auditory learners through the use of the CSI, and as field dependent or field independent according to the GEFT. The learner behavior of interest was student use of videotapes of a statistics class taught at The Florida State University. The students attending the class had free access to videotapes of the same class for the purpose of study and review. / The sample consisted of 89 graduate statistics students, 51 (57%) female and 38 (43%) male. A crosstabs analysis of learner type (visual-auditory) and frequency of videotape use was conducted to determine if visual learners used videotapes more than auditory learners. A t-test was used to test for differences between the mean scores of course grades of the visual and auditory learners who utilized videotapes. Visual and auditory groups were determined by the score on Hill's (CSI) to determine the mean scores of the visual and auditory learners who utilized videotapes. / Findings indicated that: (1) graduate students in the basic statistics (EDF 5400) classes in this study were predominantly visual learners (88%); (2) field dependent learners utilized the videotapes more than field independent learners, mean scores were 9.4286 and 4.7368 respectively; (3) fifty-three (60%) of the subjects were shown to be field independent learners, thirty-five (39%) were field dependent learners and one (1%) was missing; (4) there was no significance found at the.05 alpha level between the mean grade scores of subjects who utilized videotapes and the subjects who did not utilize videotapes. / The CSI shows evidence of construct validity (Hill, 1981). Witkin (1971) found the reliability index for the GEFT has been indicated to be.82. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-03, Section: A, page: 0890. / Major Professor: Joseph C. Bechham. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76350 |
| Contributors | Frazier, Pat V., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 112 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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