Cultural and linguistic background influences measured learning and cognitive styles, and should be considered in style assessment¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1985 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 1988: tool and model accuracy changes quickly
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on an ERIC document (a report, conference paper or thesis). It is kept because 2 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Cross-cultural studies found each cultural group tends toward a dominant cognitive style, with non-Native samples most analytical and Metis samples tending toward a relational style. → Tamaoka 1985 q2 i? Native children processed visual information best and struggled with verbally saturated tasks, but tests in English limit conclusions. → Tamaoka 1985 (2)

Evidence¶

Tamaoka 1985¶

Tamaoka, Katsuo. (1985). Historical Development of Learning Style Inventories from Dichotomous Cognitive Concepts of Field Dependence and Field Independence to Multi-Dimensional Assessment. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED339729

q2 · i? · the article prints no effect size for this finding · review · r2

The review reports Koenig's cross-cultural study of cognitive styles of Native and non-Native peoples in Northern Canada and Alaska, in which "the non-native sample was the most analytical in thinking style" while "the Metis group showed no tendency towards being analytical".

"In contrast, the Metis group showed no tendency towards being analytical but rather tended towards the relational style"

Tamaoka 1985 (2)¶

Tamaoka, Katsuo. (1985). Historical Development of Learning Style Inventories from Dichotomous Cognitive Concepts of Field Dependence and Field Independence to Multi-Dimensional Assessment. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED339729

q2 · i? · the article prints no effect size for this finding · review · r2

The review reports Kaulback's review of studies using the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, finding Native children "most successful at processing visual information", while cautioning the test is basically designed to measure performance in English.

"both Indian and Inuit children are most successful at processing visual information and have the most difficulty performing well on tasks saturated with verbal content"

Discussion¶

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