Thinking styles and modes of thinking: Implications for education and research

Thinking styles and modes of thinking: Implications for education and research

• Zhang, Lifang Dept. of Education, University of Hong Kong

Journal of Psychology, 136(3), 245-261, 2002

Heldref Publications

2002

• N Students & Student Services
  • NC Charactieristics & Conditions of Students; Opinion & Attitudes of Students, Problems of Adjustment

Thought & Thinking College Freshmen Psychology Human Information Processing Hong Kong China

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

The author investigated the relationship of thinking styles to modes of thinking. Participants were 371 freshmen (aged 18 and 19) from the University of Hong Kong. Participants responded to the Thinking Styles Inventory (R. J. Sternberg & R. K. Wagner, 1992) and the Style of Learning and Thinking (Youth Form; E. P. Torrance, B. McCarthy, & M. T. Kolesinski, 1988). A major finding was that creativity generating and complex thinking styles were significantly positively correlated with the holistic mode of thinking but significantly negatively correlated with the analytic mode of thinking. Thinking styles that denote the tendency to norm favoring and simplistic information processing were significantly positively correlated with the analytic mode of thinking and significantly negatively correlated with the holistic mode of thinking. In a preliminary conclusion, it appears that the thinking style construct overlaps the mode of thinking construct. Implications of this finding for teachers and researchers are delineated. Key words: modes of thinking, thinking styles
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• 10.1080/00223980209604153

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