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ERIC Number: EJ350160
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Designing for Diversity: Are Field-Dependent Learners Less Suited to Distance Education Programs of Instruction?
Thompson, Gordon; Knox, Alan B.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v12 n1 p17-29 Jan 1987
Students who registered for correspondence study were studied in relation to the cognitive style of field-independence. Although results showed participation in correspondence study to be associated with the cognitive style of field-independence, no significant differences were found in persistence behavior or in student evaluations of correspondence study. (LMO)
Descriptors: College Students, Correspondence Study, Course Evaluation, Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness, Locus of Control, Potential Dropouts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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