Abstract
Cognitive learning styles are relatively fixed procedures using which individuals receive, process and organize information. This paper aims to examine academic achievement in English for both field dependence and field independence learning styles using educational multimedia. The sample of the study consisted of 40 second-grade female students of secondary school in Kermanshah. The instrument used in the study was The Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) and a teacher made English test. Results which were analyzed by t-test indicated that instruction based on field dependence style with using multimedia works were more effective in improving students' creative thinking performance in student than field independence. Also in field dependence style students will have a better memory to memorize verbal information, whereas in field independence one students act analytically toward the main subject materials. Interestingly, in field dependence style students have a higher interest in continuing their study than in field independent style, as a result they are more successful in utilizing what their environment according to their needs.
Highlights
Discussions about learning styles became more frequent from the last decades of 1970s
In this group of 200 students the so-called “Embedded Figures Test” (EFT) was conducted according to the results of which students were divided into the two groups of field-dependent and field-independent
This article analyses the findings which were achieved in studying the effects of employing educational multimedia on the achievement of the students with the cognitive styles of field-independency and field-dependency in the English course of the second grade of secondary (Guidance) school. It is an applied research wherein the Embedded Figures Test (EFT) was employed to determine the group’s cognitive styles and the following findings were achieved: Comparing the performance of the students who are educated by the help of multimedia in the two groups of field-independent and field-dependent indicates that the Mean difference between the two groups is statistically meaningful
Summary
Discussions about learning styles became more frequent from the last decades of 1970s. A great number of researchers believe that learning styles influence learning itself. The term “learning styles” is defined in a number of ways and has diverse definitions, all the definitions affirm that learning styles include opinions, beliefs, preferences, and behaviors people deploy in a specific situation to improve their learning. Research findings confirm the importance of learning styles and their influence on meaningful learning. Learning style refers to the way a person learns something. It refers to the particular strategies through which people comprehend specific information in the process of learning. Learning styles include opinions, preferences, and behaviors that are employed by people in the process of learning
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