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Ahmet Tasdere; Mehmet Fatih Kaya – Science Education International, 2023
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of the Common Knowledge Construction Model (CKCM) on 10th-grade students' conceptual understanding of the buoyancy and density of liquids topic. Within a pre-experimental (one group pre-test/post-test) research design, this study was conducted with 22 of 10th-grade students. To collect data, the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Grade 10
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Özarslan, Murat; Çetin, Gülcan – Science Education International, 2018
The aim of this study was to investigate 9th grade biology students' cognitive structures about the basic components of the living organisms and association between the concepts forming these basic components. Participants consisted of 50 9th grade biology students in two secondary schools in the northwest of Turkey. Data were collected by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 9, Secondary School Science
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Çetikaya, Fatih Çetin; Sönmez, Muhammet; Topçam, Abdurrahman Baki – International Education Studies, 2020
This research was carried out to determine the effectiveness and functionality of the word association test (WAT), which is a formative assessment tool that is frequently emphasized on today's modern education systems. The study group consisted of 60 students in a public school in Kocaeli in the school year 2018-2019. Participants were identified…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Associative Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Public Schools
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Yesim Yener; Mehmet Bahar; Naciye Somuncu Demir; Mustafa Yilmaz; Dündar Yener – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2018
In this research word association test was used to explore the cognitive structure of Pre-service science teachers about biological energy metabolism. The participant group constitutes 67 Preservice students at a university in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Ten key concepts in General Biology course were given as a stimulating word and a mind map was…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Scientific Concepts