Field dependence-independence and academic achievement

A Re-Examination of Their Relationship

Bibliographic Data

ID5263194
AuthorsCarolina Tinajero (0000-0001-8324-3523, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, corresponding author), M Fernanda Páramo (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
Year1997
Volume67
Issue2
Pages199-212
Publication date1997-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8279.1997.tb01237.x
OpenAlexW2113474382
LanguageNL
Citations received9

Background. It has long been recognised that field dependence-independence is likely to have important educational implications.Aims. In the work presented here, the relationship between academic achievement and field dependence-independence cognitive style was examined. We tried to avoid some of the deficiencies of research carried out to date.Sample. We analysed various subjects of the school curriculum in a single sample of 408 students (215 boys and 193 girls) aged between 13 and 16.Method. We considered the bidimensional character of field dependence-independence by using a test of perception of the upright (the Rod and Frame Test) and a restructuring ability test (the Embedded Figures Test). In addition, we examined possible mediation by the variable 'sex' in the above-mentioned relationship. Multivariate analysis of covariance, with the score in Cattell's Culture-Fair Intelligence Test as covariate, was used to investigate differences in academic achievement between field-dependent and field-independent students, once effect of intelligence had been removed.Results. Results indicate that field-independent boys and girls performed better than field-dependent ones in all of the subjects considered, although this superiority was only manifested in the cognitive dimension of field dependence-independence, evaluated by the embedded figures test.Conclusions. Field dependence-independence is related to overall academic achievement

Academic achievement · Achievement test · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Field (mathematics) · Field dependence · Independence (probability theory) · Mathematics education · Standardized test · Statistics · Test (biology) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Mathematics · Psychology · Psychology of Development and Education · Social Psychology

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