Volume : II, Issue : VII, July - 2013

Cognitive Styles of Primary School Teachers

Dr. M. Mohan Reddy

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Cognitive styles refer to the level of organization which is more generator than specific structures fundamentals to perception, memory and judgment/ addresses the manner in which an individual will approach specific tasks and solve the problem. Cognitive styles are patterns of though and behavior it influences learning and problems solving techniques. It reflects the indiduavals personality and performance. These are always related to mental behaviors habitually applied by an individual to solve problem and cognitive styles is the way by which information is obtained stored and utilized. Cognitive styles like perception remembering problem solving concaving retrieving intelligence etc,. influence the behavior of teacher in teaching process. These are the factors which are responsible to mould not only teacher behavior but also students behaviors, learning , thinking reasoning memory , character, and personality Nevertheless the cognitive styles of primary schools teachers influences their teaching styles. Cognitive styles may impact on their behavior. Cognitive styles are important in development of primary schools teachers in their personality. It may help to achieve their performance up to mark. In order to understand the cognitive styles of such primary schools teachers and to suggest to corrective measures the present study has been conducted. So also there are a few studies relating to cognitive styles of primary schools teachers, keeping in view the importance of cognitive styles primary schools teachers , the researcher did study the cognitive styles primary school teacher.

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Dr. M.MOHAN REDDY Cognitive Styles of Primary School Teachers International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 7 July 2013

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