THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COGNITIVE-STYLE AND ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT

Field independent students are generally expected to perform better ac ademically than those who are field dependent, and this is particularl y marked in distance learning where students learn without the traditi onal support offered In conventional instruction, In this paper two st udies of the relationship between field dependence and academic learni ng in the context of distance learning are reported with Bachelor of H ealth nursing students in Hong Kong, In both studies field independent nurses performed significantly better than field dependent ones, Some implications of these findings for distance learning are discussed.