Field independence
Overview
- Influence: Field independence
- Domain: Student
- Sub-Domain: Prior knowledge and background
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
- Influence Definition: A field independent learner is interested in abstract subject matter, learns individualistically, and thinks through problems impersonally. Such a learner is contrasted with a "field dependent" learner, who is more socially oriented, better able to discern the feelings of others, more dependent on others for feedback, and more in need of externally defined objectives.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 2
- Number of studies: 46
- Number of students: 4,423
- Number of effects: 157
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.94
- Robustness index: 2
Meta-Analyses
Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
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Journal of Instructional Media | Baker & Dwyer | USA | Effect of Instructional Strategies and Individual Differences: A Meta-Analytic Assessment | 2005 | Field independent vs. field dependent | 11 | 1,341 | 122 | 0.93 |
Dissertation | Dragon | Canada | Field Dependence and Student Achievement in Technology-Based Learning: A Meta-Analysis | 2009 | Field independence/dependence on achievement | 35 | 3,082 | 35 | 0.94 |
TOTAL/AVERAGE | 46 | 4,423 | 157 | 0.94 |