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ERIC Number: EJ568135
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-426X
Staying with Their First Impulse?: The Relationship Between Impulsivity/Reflectivity, Field Dependence/Field Independence and Answer Changes on a Multiple-Choice Exam in a Fifth-Grade Sample.
Wagner, Danielle; Cook, Greg; Friedman, Stephen
Journal of Research and Development in Education, v31 n3 p166-75 Spr 1998
Fifth graders completed multiple choice exams and measures of cognitive style to determine whether changing answers was more frequent and productive for field independent or field dependent, reflective or impulsive, students. Impulsive students changed more answers and gained more points. Field dependence/field independence did not relate to answer changing. Exam performance improved with greater field independence. (SM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Multiple Choice Tests, Student Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Thinking Skills, Time Factors (Learning)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Answer Changing (Tests)