Multimedia Instruction & Cognitive Style of Prospective Teachers: An Investigation

Abstract

New technology has been playing a significant role in determining prospective teachers ‘cognitive style. Keeping this in view, the present study was designed to examine influence of multimedia package on cognitive style (Systematic cognitive Style & Intuitive cognitive Style) of urban and rural prospective teachers. Pre-test post-test quasi experimental research conducted on 60 prospective teachers selected from G.B. college of education, Rohtak using random sampling. To measure cognitive style (Systematic cognitive Style & Intuitive cognitive Style) of prospective teachers, investigator applied standardized Jha’s Cognitive style inventory (CSI-J) (2011). Instructional treatment given to prospective teacher in experimental and control group for Nine weeks. Cognitive style (Systematic cognitive Style & Intuitive cognitive Style) per-test, post-test and mean gain score of prospective teachers was computed.