The purpose of this study was to describe the achievement mathematical modeling competencies students with field-independent and field-dependent cognitive styles. type research used a mixed method involving 65 SMP N 7 Muaro Jambi students. data obtained through GETF style test, problem-solving interviews. results showed that FI had reached level 6 in competence, namely, performing entire proces...

The purpose of this article was to examine the metacognitive awareness reading methods used by field-dependent (FD) and field-independent (FI) Turkish EFL university students learning English as a foreign language. 270 from Istanbul’s (Cerrahpasa) University were picked for purpose. To begin, Group Embedded Figure Test assign individuals one two groups, FD or FI. Following that, we assessed par...

This issue of the JABFP marks the start of its 9th year of publication and is noteworthy on several counts. WIth the specialty now 26 years, or about one generation, old, this journal's readership now totals almost 55,000 Diplomates of the American Board of Family Practice and family practice residents. That number is projected to grow by at least 3000 each year as new residency-trained graduat...

(Fam Med 2005;37(7):461-3.) Editor’s Note: In this month’s column, Sweety Jain, MD, of the Sacred Heart Hospital Family Practice Residency in Allentown, Pa, discusses important items that should be discussed with residents and students when orienting them to office practice. I welcome your comments about this feature, which is also published on the STFM Web site at www.stfm.org. I also encourag...