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The Relationship between Field Dependent-Independent Cognitive Style and Understanding of English Text Reading and Academic Success
BACKGROUND: The learning styles are the distinctive learners’ strategies for information processing and discovering new concepts. One of the most important kinds of learning styles is the Witkin’s theory of field dependence-independence cognitive style. OBJECTIVE: This study seeks to find the relati...
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AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4384857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25870530 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2014.27.39-41 |
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author | Nozari, Ali Yazdanpanah Siamian, Hasan |
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description | BACKGROUND: The learning styles are the distinctive learners’ strategies for information processing and discovering new concepts. One of the most important kinds of learning styles is the Witkin’s theory of field dependence-independence cognitive style. OBJECTIVE: This study seeks to find the relationship between field dependence –independence cognitive style and English text reading comprehension, learning English as a foreign language, academic achievement and the choice of academic courses. METHODS: In this study, 305 students (both girls and boys) studying at the junior level at high school in Sari were randomly selected through multistage selection who responded to Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT). RESULTS: The data analysis was conducted by using regression analysis which showed that FDI cognitive styles determined the changes in dependant variables of reading comprehension score, learning English and the total average with the respective values of %8.8, %9.2 and %11.6 (p <0.05). CONCLUSION: Regarding the findings, it can be concluded that the more field independent, the higher the reading comprehension skills and learning English and the more academic achievement will result. The results of this study can help in selecting students’ courses and also better directing the learners to improve their learning. |
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spelling | pubmed-43848572015-04-13 The Relationship between Field Dependent-Independent Cognitive Style and Understanding of English Text Reading and Academic Success Nozari, Ali Yazdanpanah Siamian, Hasan Mater Sociomed Original Paper BACKGROUND: The learning styles are the distinctive learners’ strategies for information processing and discovering new concepts. One of the most important kinds of learning styles is the Witkin’s theory of field dependence-independence cognitive style. OBJECTIVE: This study seeks to find the relationship between field dependence –independence cognitive style and English text reading comprehension, learning English as a foreign language, academic achievement and the choice of academic courses. METHODS: In this study, 305 students (both girls and boys) studying at the junior level at high school in Sari were randomly selected through multistage selection who responded to Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT). RESULTS: The data analysis was conducted by using regression analysis which showed that FDI cognitive styles determined the changes in dependant variables of reading comprehension score, learning English and the total average with the respective values of %8.8, %9.2 and %11.6 (p <0.05). CONCLUSION: Regarding the findings, it can be concluded that the more field independent, the higher the reading comprehension skills and learning English and the more academic achievement will result. The results of this study can help in selecting students’ courses and also better directing the learners to improve their learning. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2015-02 2015-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4384857/ /pubmed/25870530 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2014.27.39-41 Text en Copyright: © Ali Yazdanpanah Nozari, Hasan Siamian http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Nozari, Ali Yazdanpanah Siamian, Hasan The Relationship between Field Dependent-Independent Cognitive Style and Understanding of English Text Reading and Academic Success |
title | The Relationship between Field Dependent-Independent Cognitive Style and Understanding of English Text Reading and Academic Success |
title_full | The Relationship between Field Dependent-Independent Cognitive Style and Understanding of English Text Reading and Academic Success |
title_fullStr | The Relationship between Field Dependent-Independent Cognitive Style and Understanding of English Text Reading and Academic Success |
title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Field Dependent-Independent Cognitive Style and Understanding of English Text Reading and Academic Success |
title_short | The Relationship between Field Dependent-Independent Cognitive Style and Understanding of English Text Reading and Academic Success |
title_sort | relationship between field dependent-independent cognitive style and understanding of english text reading and academic success |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4384857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25870530 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2014.27.39-41 |
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