The Relationship of Cognitive Style and Instructional Style to the Learning Performance of Undergraduate Students

• Published in: The Journal of educational research (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 73; no. 6; pp. 354 - 359
• Main Author: Macneil, Richard D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bloomington, Ill Routledge 01.07.1980; Heldref Publications; Public School Pub. Co. for the University of Illinois, Bureau of Educational Research
• Subjects: Academic learning; Cognitive style; Control groups; Instructional design; Learning; Learning styles; Posttests; Pretests; Teachers; Teaching methods

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative effect of two different instructional styles, "discovery" and "expository," on the change in learning performance of subjects of contrasting cognitive styles, field dependent and field independent. Based on the administrat...