Japanese Journal of Biological Education
Online ISSN : 2434-1916
Print ISSN : 0287-119X
EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
The Cognitive Style of Students on Their Observations of Plants in the Field
S. OgawaJ. NishikawaK. Nemoto
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1992 Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 125-130

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In this paper, the relation between the cognitive style of students and their noticing tendencies was investigated in the case ofthe observation ofplantin the field. In thisinvestigation, the following results were clarified. The students who were Field Independentcarried their observations atthe macroscopic standpoints apartfrom the objects. On the other hand, the students who were Field Dependentcarried their observation atthe macroscopic standpoints near the objects. From these results, it was clarified thateither cognitive style, namely Field Independentor Field Dependenton the situation, affecttendency ofstudent’s observation generally.

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