What's your cognitive style?

elevenpluseleven · Post by **elevenpluseleven** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:02 pm

hi everyone! do you know how many cognitive styles are there besides the implusive vs reflective and field denpendence vs field independence?
and are they always in pairs? where can I find a kind of questionnaire to learn my cognitive style? or any suggestions or tools will help me? I am waiting for your ideas

kungzoo · Post by **kungzoo** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:01 pm

Not really aware about official cognitive categories, but I have a list at my fingertips of communication style pairs (from CUP Photocopiables series - Intercultural Resource Pack):

systematic/organic
direct/diplomatic
formal/informal
inductive/deductive
head/heart
high context/low context
colleague/friend

Last week I did EI tests with my students. We used the EI online tests found on Similarminds.com

(Check my website http://esl-teaching-resources.blogspot.com for more such links)

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:39 pm

There are quite a few different "dichotomies" for learning styles, the research in the area seems so muddled that I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

This article talks about the research that's been done on the research:
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekl ... 75,00.html

http://www.nonformality.org/index.php/2 ... -or-abuse/