RELATIONSHIP OF COGNITIVE STYLE WITH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG STUDENT TEACHERS

Abstract

Cognitive style or "thinking style" is a term used in cognitive psychology to describe the way individuals think, perceive and remember information. The School and teacher have a great extend for developing Cognitive Style. The present study is about to understand the Cognitive Style and Academic Achievement of  student teachers in Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu. Simple random Sampling method is used to collect the sample. Three hundred and fifty student teachers  from different types of  Teacher Education Institutions were taken for the study.The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant correlation between Cognitive Style( Systematic and Intuitive style) and Academic Achievement of  student teachers.