EFFECT OF SCHOOL LOCATION ON THE ADOPTED COGNITIVE STYLE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KOGI STATE

Primary education is globally recognized as the foundation laying stage of education.Over past few decades, researchers have devoted interest to differences in reasoning, problem-solving, and perception that underlie cognitive style. Numerous also attributed style various social, cultural, psychological, demographic factors. However, purpose present study examine school location an environmental factor could predict childrens styles. Sixty-four primary students drawn from schools rural urban communities Kogi state participated study. The Group Embedded Figure Test (GEFT) was used for data collection. result revealed significantly predicted field independent/dependent Thus, concluded environment a positive determinant adopted