Information Processing Patterns of Postsecondary American Indian/Alaska Native Students
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| Title: | Information Processing Patterns of Postsecondary American Indian/Alaska Native Students |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Aragon, Steven R. |
| Source: | Journal of American Indian Education. 2004 43(3):1-21. |
| Availability: | Center for Indian Education, Arizona State University, College of Education, P.O. Box 871311, Tempe, AZ 95287-1311. Tel: 480-965-6292. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 2004 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Postsecondary Education, American Indian Education, Boarding Schools, Community Colleges, Tribally Controlled Education, Information Processing, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Cognitive Processes, Personality Traits, Coping |
| Geographic Terms: | Alaska |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Embedded Figures Test, Group Embedded Figures Test, Learning Style Inventory, Myers Briggs Type Indicator |
| ISSN: | 0021-8731 |
| Abstract: | In the last of a three-part series, this study examined the information processing patterns of postsecondary American Indian/Alaska Native students attending community and tribal colleges in the Southwest. Using a survey design, students completed the Kolb Learning Style Inventory, the Briggs and Myers Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and the Oltman, Raskin and Witkin Group Embedded Figures Test. Three major results were revealed from the study. First, the students described their learning as a combination of learning by thinking and learning by watching. This is the same cognitive processing pattern found in elementary and secondary students. Second, the "ISTJ" from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator best described the personality influences on learning for these students. These individuals are practical, orderly, logical, and earn success by concentration and thoroughness. Finally, the results suggest that these students can draw equally from both analytical (field-independent) and global (field-dependent) forms of information processing. |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Entry Date: | 2005 |
| Access URL: | https://jaie.asu.edu |
| Accession Number: | EJ720065 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | In the last of a three-part series, this study examined the information processing patterns of postsecondary American Indian/Alaska Native students attending community and tribal colleges in the Southwest. Using a survey design, students completed the Kolb Learning Style Inventory, the Briggs and Myers Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and the Oltman, Raskin and Witkin Group Embedded Figures Test. Three major results were revealed from the study. First, the students described their learning as a combination of learning by thinking and learning by watching. This is the same cognitive processing pattern found in elementary and secondary students. Second, the "ISTJ" from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator best described the personality influences on learning for these students. These individuals are practical, orderly, logical, and earn success by concentration and thoroughness. Finally, the results suggest that these students can draw equally from both analytical (field-independent) and global (field-dependent) forms of information processing. |
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| ISSN: | 0021-8731 |
