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Kübra Dilek Tankiz; Ali Korkut Uludag; Derya Yazici – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2024
This study aims to determine the perceptions of fine arts high school music department students about the concept of "instrument training" through an alternative measurement and evaluation technique "Word Association Test (WAT)". In this study, the survey model, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The study group…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, High School Students, Music Education, Musical Instruments
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Tokcan, Halil – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The purpose of this study is to observe prospective teachers' cognitive structures related to Turkish World. In this scanning model study, WAT (Word Association Test) had been applied to 332 prospective teachers in Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University. And they were asked to write what comes into their heads when it is said Turkish Republics and…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries
Hacioglu, Yasemin; Yamak, Havva; Kavak, Nusret – Online Submission, 2016
The aim of this study is to reveal pre-service science teachers' cognitive structures regarding Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and science education. The study group of the study consisted of 192 pre-service science teachers. A Free Word Association Test (WAT) consisting of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Cognitive Structures, STEM Education, Science Teachers
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Ersanli, Ceylan Yangin – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
This study aims to map the cognitive structure of pre-service English language (EL) teachers about three key concepts related to approaches and methods in language teaching so as to discover their learning process and misconceptions. The study involves both qualitative and quantitative data. The researcher administrated a Word Association Test…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Eren, Fetah; Sahin, Ismail; Celik, Ismail; Akturk, Ahmet Oguz – Online Submission, 2014
The aim of this study is to discover secondary school students' perceptions related to information technologies and the connections between concepts in their cognitive structures. A word association test consisting of six concepts related to information technologies is used to collect data from 244 secondary school students. Concept maps that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Information Technology
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Aydin, Fatih – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2015
Background: Today, for most of us, technology is a vital and inevitable part of our lives. Due to its widespread use, a great emphasis is being given to educating generations about technology. And, every individual has his/her own style of organizing and collecting information. Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to identify the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Cognitive Style, Science Education
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Nakiboglu, Canan – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2008
Determining students' knowledge structure is important for assessing what a learner knows about a domain of knowledge. Traditional assessment methods are not always appropriate for exploring students' knowledge structure and changes during the learning period. This study investigates how the existing knowledge structure of the learners interacts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Student Evaluation, Prior Learning