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Karip, Fatih – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The purpose of the study is to examine the cognitive structures of the pre-service teachers (PST) who take art education classes. The study was conducted with qualitative research methods. The sample of the study consisted of 425 PST studying at Faculty of Education, Agri Ibrahim Çeçen University. Independent word association test was used as data…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Cognitive Structures, Art Education, Foreign Countries
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Karakaya, Ferhat; Yilmaz, Mehmet; Adigüzel, Merve – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
Biology is a complex science that includes different subjects. As a result, misconceptions, confusion and misleading are common problems in biology education. In this study, it was aimed to determine the learning of pre-service science teachers about food web. The research, using the case study, was conducted in 2019-2020. The study group of the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Scientific Concepts
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Gokkurt-Ozdemir, Burcin; Yildiz-Durak, Hatice; Karaoglan-Yilmaz, Fatma Gizem; Yilmaz, Ramazan – Informatics in Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of digital concept cartoons and maps in eliminating misconceptions of secondary school students. The research was conducted with 67 students who were studying at three different branches of 7th grade of secondary school. The research was conducted according to semi-experimental design with…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Cartoons, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods
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Yorulmaz, Alper; Uysal, Hümeyra – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
The purpose of this research is to determine the knowledge, perceptions and misconceptions of pre-service primary school teachers about geometric objects through mind maps. For this purpose, the research was designed with a case study, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of the research consists of 52 pre-service primary…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping
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Demirci, Tuba; Oktay, Münir – Science Education International, 2021
This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of concept maps on the academic achievements of Biology teacher candidates and the elimination of misconceptions comparing the method with the traditional rote learning method. The quasi-experimental design, specifically, the pre- and post-test control group type was used in this research to address…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Concept Mapping, Biology, Science Instruction
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Inel, Yusuf; Urhan, Emrah – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2020
This study aims to find out the effect of activities and practices on concept education to help carry out activities to teach these concepts more effectively and permanently, and determine student preconceptions about the concepts related to the landforms in the 5th-grade social studies curriculum in the learning subdomain called "People,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Concept Teaching, Geographic Concepts, Physical Geography
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Akkuzu, Nalan; Uyulgan, Melis Arzu – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
This study sought to determine the levels of conceptual understanding of undergraduate students regarding organic compounds within different functional groups. A total of 60 students who were enrolled in the Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education of a Faculty of Education at a state university in Turkey and who had followed an…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Secondary School Science, Science Laboratories, Worksheets
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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
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Temel, Senar; Özcan, Özgür – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
This study aims to analyse prospective chemistry teachers' cognitive structure related to the subject of covalent and ionic bonding. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants in order to determine their cognitive structure, and the interviews were audio recorded to prevent the loss of data. The data were transcribed and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Science Education, Science Teachers
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Ergin, Serap – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
In this study, the effect of group work and traditional method on 9th grade students' misconceptions about Newton Laws was investigated. The study was conducted in three classes in an Anatolian Vocational High School in Ankara/Turkey in the second term of the 2014-2015 academic year. Two of these classes were chosen as the experimental group and…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Grade 9, Scientific Principles, High School Students
Çinar, Derya; Bayraktar, Sule – Online Submission, 2014
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of Argumentation Based Science Teaching on 5th grade students' conceptual understanding of the subjects related to "Matter and Change". This research is a qualitative research and its design is a multiple (compare) case study. In this study, semi-structured interviews related to the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Persuasive Discourse, Grade 5
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Akbas, Yavuz; Gencturk, Ebru – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching based on conceptual change overcome misconceptions of 9th grade high school students about the subject of air pressure. The sampling of the study was formed with two classes of 9th grade students from a general high school in the city-center of Trabzon. A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Concept Mapping, Research Design, Test Results
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Tastan, Ibrahim; Dikmenli, Musa; Cardak, Osman – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2008
This study aims to investigate the effects of concept maps, together with conceptual change texts, given to 11th grade students' on the subject of molecules carrying genetical information. The semistructured individual interviews were conducted with 5 upper class students to find misconceptions related to the subject. A success test was developed…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Concept Mapping, Grade 11
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Cakir Olgun, Ozlem Sila – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2008
This study investigated the effect of concept mapping over traditional instruction on students' understanding and retention of heat and temperature concepts. The sample of this study consisted of 5th grade students from two classes of a elementary school (n=75). One intact class was randomly assigned to the comparison group whereas the other one…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Concept Mapping, Earth Science