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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
Erdogan, Ahmet – Online Submission, 2017
The aim of this study is to examine pre-service mathematics teachers' conceptual structures about "geometry". Qualitative research methodology has been adopted in the study. The data of the study is obtained from mathematics teacher candidates who have been students at the faculties of education of an Anatolian university in the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Knowledge Level
Bingol, Haluk – Online Submission, 2017
It is necessary to focus on environmental education at every stage of education in order to raise the awareness of the students about the environment and make the information permanent. Before setting priorities for educational policy and taking precautions, necessary studies relating the determining the views of the students should be performed.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Knowledge Level, Middle School Students, Water Pollution
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Çinar, Derya – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The current study aims to determine science student teachers' cognitive structure on the concept of food chain. Qualitative research method was applied in this study. Fallacies detected in the pre-service teachers' conceptual structures are believed to result in students' developing misconceptions in their future classes and will adversely affect…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Cognitive Structures, Scientific Concepts, Qualitative Research
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Sadoglu, Gunay Palic – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
As learning is a product of the interaction between certain concepts which are already present within an individual's mind, it is becoming increasingly important to determine the cognitive structures in relation to these concepts which are present within the minds of students. It has been said that the word association test, which is a technique…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Primary Education
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Kurt, Hakan; Ekici, Gülay; Aktas, Murat; Aksu, Özlem – International Education Studies, 2013
The aim of the current study is to investigate student biology teachers' cognitive structures related to "diffusion" through the free word-association test and the drawing-writing technique. As the research design of the study, the qualitative research method was applied. The data were collected from 44 student biology teachers. The free…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Biology, Cognitive Structures