The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between the career concentration of leisure services and studies majors and their cognitive learning style and whether there is a relationship between sex and the choice of an area of career concentration and learning style. Two instruments were used and compared in this study, Witkin's Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI). Also examined were the similarities at The Florida State University (FSU) and University of North Carolina (UNC). / Of the 193 respondents, 148 were females and 45 were males. One hundred forty-one (73%) did change their majors at least once after entering the universities. Findings indicated that there was no dominant learning style as characterized by GEFT. Students tended to be slightly more field dependent (55%) than field independent (45%). On the Learning Style Inventory, the majority of students were Accommodators (38%) and Divergers (33%). / From the results of this study it may be concluded that there was no significant relationship between classification of the GEFT and LSI and that, overall, the students majoring in Leisure Services and Studies at The Florida State University and the University of North Carolina were very similar. / Recommendations are: (1) freshman students, upon entering the university, should be tested for their cognitive learning style. The results of these tests, used in advisement, could lessen the percentage of students changing their major one or more times; (2) the Leisure Services and Studies students, upon entering the program, should be tested for their learning style. Results and interpretations should be provided to students so that the responsibility of learning lies in both the students' and instructors' hands; and (3) a program should be developed that incorporates computer classification of student cognitive learning styles and then matches student personal style to a list of compatible majors. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-03, Section: A, page: 0746. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76066 |
| Contributors | KIRBY, JOYCE GAIL., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 142 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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