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Cognitive Style, Individual Differences And Educational Practice, Karen L. Van Til-Sanchez
Cognitive Style, Individual Differences And Educational Practice, Karen L. Van Til-Sanchez
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The study presents a review of the literature on cognitive styles, both in relation to the literature which deals with the field as a whole and in relation to specific research literature on the four major studies of cognitive styles: 1) H.A. Witkin on field independence/dependence; 2) Jerome Kagan on reflection/impulsivity; 3) R.W. Gardner and G.S. Klein on cognitive control; and 4) James Bieri on cognitive complexity. The major theses and lines of study are presented for each of theses major studies on cognitive style and their approaches to cognitive style compared. The literature which deals with the field as …