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Download full textTürksever, Ömer – International Education Studies, 2021
This research, which was conducted in order to reveal the cognitive structures of high school students regarding the concept of energy through the word association test, was designed in a survey model. Word association test was used as a data collection tool. After the necessary information was given to the students, they were given three minutes…
Descriptors: High School Students, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Misconceptions
Akaydin, Birsen Berfu – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
The purpose of the current study is to determine pre-service primary school teachers' cognitive structure regarding communication, cooperation and decision-making skills, which are among the basic life skills addressed in the Life Sciences curriculum. The study employed qualitative research method. The study group of was composed of 111…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Elementary Education, Science Education
Kaya, Bastürk; Aladag, Caner – International Education Studies, 2017
The objective of this study is to determine the cognitive structures of the students of geography teaching department by identifying their conceptual frameworks about the concept of earthquake. A case study design from qualitative research approaches was used in this research. Sample group of the study constitutes 155 students from the Department…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Physical Geography, Preservice Teachers
Armagan, Fulya Öner – European Journal of Physics Education, 2015
The aim of this study is to examine the change in the cognitive structures of elementary school students in respect to the concept of science through word association test in a constructivist approach based project. The study was conducted with 50 students attending to 6th and 7th grades. Students were applied a 90-minute activity in scope of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Elementary School Students, Scientific Concepts, Constructivism (Learning)
Timur, Serkan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study is to identify the cognitive structures of prospective preschool teachers concerning the concepts included in the subject "force and motion". The study was conducted on a total of 56 prospective teachers who studied Preschool Teaching at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University. The Word Association Test (WAT) was…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Cognitive Structures, Scientific Concepts
Peer reviewedJungwirth, Ehud – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Investigated were the connotative meanings of the concept "development" in respondents' cognitive structure using a free-association approach. The sample included 6th, 9th, and 11th grade students, student-teachers, and biology teachers. Reports a paucity of multicontextuality; the majority of subjects' associations referred to biology…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Association Measures, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
