Object-Spatial Imagery And Verbal Cognitive Styles In High School Students

Keywords

Cognitive ability; Cognitive style; Mathematical performance; Object imagery; Spatial imagery; Verbalizer; Visualizer

Abstract

The present study investigated object-spatial imagery and verbal cognitive styles in high school students. We analyzed the relationships between cognitive styles, object imagery ability, spatial visualization ability, verbal-logical reasoning ability, and preferred modes of processing math information. Data were collected from 348 students at six high schools in two school districts. Spatial imagery style was not correlated with object imagery style and was negatively correlated with verbal style. Object imagery style did not correlate significantly with any cognitive ability measure, whereas spatial imagery style significantly correlated with object imagery ability, spatial visualization ability, and verbal-logical reasoning ability. Lastly, spatial imagery style and verbal-logical reasoning ability significantly predicted students’ preference for efficient visual methods. The results support the cognitive style model, in which visualizers are characterized as two distinct groups who process visual-spatial information and graphic tasks in different ways.

Publication Date

6-1-2017

Publication Title

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volume

124

Issue

3

Number of Pages

689-702

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0031512517698555

Socpus ID

85041274493 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85041274493

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