Use field-dependence-independence assessment to screen personnel in map-dependent institutions¶

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Description¶

The article recommends that institutions relying on efficient map learning and recall, such as the military and cartographically-oriented agencies, study field-dependence-independence assessment techniques for screening or remedial decisions. Assessment could identify personnel with field-dependent deficits that make spatial learning more difficult, who could then be referred for remedial training or channelled into jobs with reduced demands on spatial recall.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Access to a field-dependence-independence instrument such as the Hidden Patterns Test or embedded figures tasks

Constraints¶

• The article presents this as a potential strategy to study, not one it tested

Target Learners¶

• adult personnel in map-dependent institutions

Target Learning Goals¶

• spatial learning and recall of map information

Affordances¶

• Part Whole Spatial Recall Model

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Shaha, Steven H. (1982). Cognitive Processes Functional in Spatial Recall. CSE Report No. 193, Center for the Study of Evaluation, UCLA. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED228271