Effect of cognitive style and gender on adolescents' problem solving ability

被引：24

作者：

Mefoh, Philip C. ^{[1
]}

Nwoke, Mary B. ^{[1
]}

Chukwuorji, JohnBosco C. ^{[1
]}

Chijioke, Andrew O. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Nigeria, Fac Social Sci, Dept Psychol, Nsukka, Nigeria

来源：

THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY | 2017年 / 25卷

关键词：

Cognitive style; Field dependent; Field independent; Problem solving; Puzzle box problema; SEX-DIFFERENCES; MENTAL ROTATION; MEMORY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.tsc.2017.03.002

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

This study investigated the effects of cognitive style and gender on adolescents' problem solving ability. Two hundred and forty senior secondary school students (109 males and 131 females; mean age = 16.5 years; SD = 2.56) were participants in the study. The Group Embedded Figures Test was used to classify participants into field independent (n = 127) and field dependent (n = 113) cognitive styles. A 16 x 14 puzzle box was used to test problem solving ability. F-statistics showed significant main effects of cognitive style (p < .001) and gender (p < .001) on problem solving. Adolescents possessing the field independent cognitive style solved more puzzle task than adolescents possessing the field dependent cognitive style. Male adolescents outperformed female adolescents on the problem solving task. Effect size (ES) values of 0.43 and 0.27 for cognitive style and gender respectively showed that the results were reliable. Suggestion was made for further studies. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：47 / 52

页数：6

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