Psychological Development and Education ›› 2008, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (2): 102-107.

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The Influence of Cognitive Style in Cooperative Learning Group to It’s Problem Solving

WANG Jing, CHEN Ying-he   

  1. Institute of Development Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2008-04-15 Published:2008-04-15

Abstract: 307 participants were divided into homogeneous field dependent group, homogeneous field independent group and heterogeneous group by the cognitive style of individual. The problem solving level of individual and group were investigated in two kinds of problem setting: open-end problem setting and reasoning problem setting. The results are as follows: (1) The field independent individuals open-end problem solving level were significant better than that of field dependent individuals, but there is no significance between field dependent individuals and field independent individuals in reasoning problem solving level. (2) The diversity between individuals in cooperat ive group was the obstacle of group members, and that would influence the problem solving level. To which degree the diversity would influence the problem solving dependent on how much communication and collaboration did the problem itself need. (3) Compare to reasoning problem solving, heterogeneous group do better in open-end problem solving.

Key words: cooperative learning, cognitive style, problem solving

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