النمط المعرفي السائد لدى طلبة الجامعات الرسمية في إقليم الشمال

Abstract EN

This study aimed at investigating the cognitive style prevailing among students of public universities in the Northern Jordanian Region.

The study sample consisted of 1189 male and female students who were chosen randomly.

To achieve the objectives of this study, the researchers used Group Embedded Figures Test-GEFT-(Witken et al.,1977) to measure the cognitive style (field-dependent ; field-independent) of the study population.

The results of the study were as follows : 1.

The dominant cognitive style of the respondents was of the field-dependent style, where the mean value amounted to (8.42) which is below the decisive degree (9).

2.

There were no significant statistical differences in the means of students’ grades that are attributed to the variables of gender and year of study.

3.

The averages of students’ grades showed significant differences attributed to faculty variable in favor of students of science faculties.

4.

There were significant differences in the means of students’ grades attributed to the university variable in favor of students’ means at the Jordanian University of Science and Technology.

5.

The study revealed that there were differences in the means of students’ grades attributed to the academic achievement in favor of academic achievement : good, very good and excellent.

6.

There was significant statistical effect attributed to the variables of the university, faculty and academic achievement, while there were no significant statistical effects for the variables of gender and year of study.