A study of field independence versus field dependence of school teachers and university students in mathematics

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 97, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 873-876

  Chao, Li ^a,d   Huang, Jianyi ^b   Li, Angie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Lamar Consolidated Ind School Dist   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; FACULTY; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 4143072489     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.97.3.873     Document Type: Article

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