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Karakus, Memet; Karakus, Fatma – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
The study aims to determine education faculty students' cognitive structures regarding professional concepts, and to reveal the views of the students and faculty members about conceptual teaching. The participants of the study, which was designed as a case study, were determined using the criterion sampling method. In the study, which was carried…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Teaching, Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies
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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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Yücel, Elif Özata; Özkan, Mulis – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
In this study, we determined cognitive structures and misconceptions about basic ecological concepts by using "word association" tests on secondary school students, age between 12-14 years. Eighty-nine students participated in this study. Before WAT was generated, basic ecological concepts that take place in the secondary science…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Cognitive Structures, Misconceptions, Ecological Factors
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Kurt, Hakan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The current study aims to determine biology student teachers' cognitive structure on the concept of "living thing" through revealing their conceptual framework. Qualitative research method was applied in this study. The data were collected from 44 biology student teachers. A free word association test was used as a data collection…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Biology, Student Teachers, Misconceptions