Relationship Between Cognitive Style and Reading and Arithmetic Achievement PDF Download

Author: William Thomas Hayes
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Category : Cognitive styles
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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"The present study investigates the relationship between cognitive style and reading and arithmetic achievement. Previous research findings although inconsistent have suggested the importance of a reflective disposition towards school related areas. Twenty-five boys, individually assessed by the Matching Familiar Figures Test, were administered a standard achievement test to determine their relative conceptual tempo and its relationship toward academic ability. Results derived from a mixed analysis of variance revealed that when grade level was controlled no significant differences for reading or math achievement were evident between either reflective or impulsive children. Further analysis using Lindquist's Critical Difference Procedure revealed significant differences in favor of third and fourth grade impulsive boys on both reading comprehension and math application subtests. Analysis of fifth and sixth grade subjects revealed significant differences in favor of reflective subjects for math application achievement. The current findings give support to work conducted by Denney (1974), and Finch et al. (1974), and subsequently provokes inquiries regarding the generality of cognitive tempo to standardized achievement; leading one to speculate further, that impulsivity is not a conceptual tempo but a learned response style"--Document.