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Relationship between cognitive styles,levels of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement among form four science students

This research is aimed to identify the cognitive styles, level of cognitive thinking and the chemistry achievement of form four science students in Johor Bahru. The research also investigated the relationship between the cognitive styles, the level of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement. Th...

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Main Authors:	Kamaruddin, Meor Ibrahim, Abu Bakar, Zainudin, Surif, Johari, Sim, Winnie Siew Li
Format:	Monograph
Published:	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2004
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2786/
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spelling	my.utm.27862017-10-10T04:27:18Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2786/ Relationship between cognitive styles,levels of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement among form four science students Kamaruddin, Meor Ibrahim Abu Bakar, Zainudin Surif, Johari Sim, Winnie Siew Li L Education (General) This research is aimed to identify the cognitive styles, level of cognitive thinking and the chemistry achievement of form four science students in Johor Bahru. The research also investigated the relationship between the cognitive styles, the level of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement. The Group Embedded Figures Test(GEFT), the Group Assessment of Logical Thinking (GALT) and the Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT) were used to determine the students cognitive styles, level of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement respectively. A sample of 163 form four science students were involved in the research. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS version 10.0 for Windows software. Results showed that most of the students were Field Dependent and they were at the concrete level of cognitive thinking. The analysis of CAT indicated that their achievement was low. There was a weak relationship between the students cognitive styles, the level of cognitive thinking and the chemistry achievement. This indicated that the chemistry achievement among the students was not very much influenced by the cognitive styles and the level cognitive thinking. Results also indicated that there was no significant difference between the cognitive styles, the level of cognitive thinking and the chemistry achievement. Several recommendations were made at the end of the report on ways educators could accommodate the diverse cognitive styles, and the level of cognitive thinking as well as ways to improve students achievement in chemistry. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2004-09-30 Monograph NonPeerReviewed Kamaruddin, Meor Ibrahim and Abu Bakar, Zainudin and Surif, Johari and Sim, Winnie Siew Li (2004) Relationship between cognitive styles,levels of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement among form four science students. Project Report. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) Kamaruddin, Meor Ibrahim Abu Bakar, Zainudin Surif, Johari Sim, Winnie Siew Li Relationship between cognitive styles,levels of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement among form four science students
description	This research is aimed to identify the cognitive styles, level of cognitive thinking and the chemistry achievement of form four science students in Johor Bahru. The research also investigated the relationship between the cognitive styles, the level of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement. The Group Embedded Figures Test(GEFT), the Group Assessment of Logical Thinking (GALT) and the Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT) were used to determine the students cognitive styles, level of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement respectively. A sample of 163 form four science students were involved in the research. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS version 10.0 for Windows software. Results showed that most of the students were Field Dependent and they were at the concrete level of cognitive thinking. The analysis of CAT indicated that their achievement was low. There was a weak relationship between the students cognitive styles, the level of cognitive thinking and the chemistry achievement. This indicated that the chemistry achievement among the students was not very much influenced by the cognitive styles and the level cognitive thinking. Results also indicated that there was no significant difference between the cognitive styles, the level of cognitive thinking and the chemistry achievement. Several recommendations were made at the end of the report on ways educators could accommodate the diverse cognitive styles, and the level of cognitive thinking as well as ways to improve students achievement in chemistry.
format	Monograph
author	Kamaruddin, Meor Ibrahim Abu Bakar, Zainudin Surif, Johari Sim, Winnie Siew Li
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title	Relationship between cognitive styles,levels of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement among form four science students
title_short	Relationship between cognitive styles,levels of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement among form four science students
title_full	Relationship between cognitive styles,levels of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement among form four science students
title_fullStr	Relationship between cognitive styles,levels of cognitive thinking and chemistry achievement among form four science students
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