Word associations as a tool for assessing conceptual change in science education

Hovardas, Tasos; Korfiatis, Konstantinos

doi:10.1016/j.learninstruc.2006.09.003

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“…Word association test is one of the most widely used techniques to analyze the cognitive structure of individuals and networks within this structure, in other words, the knowledge network among these concepts, and to determine if the connections between the concepts in the long-term memory are sufficient (Hovardas and Korfiatis, 2006). This technique is based on the hypothesis of answering a question without limiting the ideas and by only independently associating with the stimulant word (Sato and James, 1999).…”

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Gender and Perception of Profession

Ünal¹,

Tarhan²,

Köksal³

2018

JETS

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There are negative impacts of gender stereotypes particularly on the education of girls and women. The purpose of this study is to examine pre-service teachers' profession perceptions within the context of gender using word association test technique and to identify the definition of the concept of "profession" depending on sex. This study is designed as a qualitative research and involves 250 pre-service teachers. In analysing the data, descriptive analysis method is used. Findings are presented in frequency tables and concept networks. The results show that the first profession pre-service teachers mention in their sentences about the concepts of "women and profession" is "teacher", whereas it is "worker" for the concept of "men and profession". In the light of the findings, suggestions are made to overcome gender stereotypes and to help individuals to become aware of the acts and talks that reproduce gender inequality.

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Section: Data Collection Instruments and Implementationmentioning

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Gender and Perception of Profession

Ünal¹,

Tarhan²,

Köksal³

2018

JETS

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“…Bağımsız kelime ilişkilendirme testi kavramlarla ilgili, bireylerin bilişsel yapısını ve bu yapıdaki kavramlar arası bağları, yani bilgi ağını çözümlemek, uzun dönemli hafızasında bulunan kavramlar arasındaki ilişkilerin yeterli olup olmadığını tespit etmek amacıyla kullanılan en yaygın tekniklerden biridir (Atasoy, 2004;Bahar & Kılıçlı, 2001;Bahar & Özatlı, 2003;Cardellini & Bahar, 2000;Hovardas & Korfiatis, 2006;Shavelson, 1972). Bu teknik, zihine gelen fikirleri sınırlamadan bağımsız olarak uyarıcı kelimeyle ilişkili cevaplama varsayımına dayanır (Bahar ve ark., 1999;Sato & James, 1999).…”

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Öğretmen Adaylarının “Bilgisayar” Kavramı Konusundaki Bilişsel Yapılarının Belirlenmesi

Ekici¹,

Gökmen²,

Kurt³

2015

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“…The most general and the oldest one of these techniques and also the one employed in the current study is word association technique. This technique has been reported to be quite effective in eliciting individuals' conceptual structures and conceptual changes (Hovardas & Korfiatis, 2006). Hogan and Fisherkeller (1996) identified the difficulties experienced by students in the disassociation of the matter or its connection with photosynthesis in food cycle.…”

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Science Student Teachers’ Cognitive Structure on the Concept of “Food Pyramid”

Çınar

2016

IES

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The current study aims to determine science student teachers' cognitive structure on the concept of food pyramid. 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 their future teaching performance. The data were collected from 48 science student teachers. A free word association test was used as a data collection instrument. The data collected were subject to content analysis. Analyzing the science student teachers' responses to the concept of food pyramid on the free word association test, these responses were coded and divided into categories. Based on the categories, frequency and percentages were provided. The data collected through the study were divided into 7 categories, which were stated as follows: -relationship between producer, consumer and decomposer in matter and energy flow-concepts related to nourishment pyramid-definition of food pyramid-energy and matter transfer-producer, consumer and decomposer-elements of ecosystem and ecological factors-scientific disciplines related to food pyramid. When the words provided as answers by the science student teachers to the concept of food pyramid were analyzed, it was noticed that they had more word connections with relationship between producer, consumer and decomposer in matter and energy flow. It can be argued that some students could not produce any sentences and some others could not make meaningful sentences. Moreover, it was determined that they had some misconceptions about food pyramid. Similar research can be conducted with different student groups and for the correction of alternative concepts related to the concept of food pyramid, extra biology courses should be included in undergraduate curriculums.

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Word associations as a tool for assessing conceptual change in science education

Cited by 102 publications

References 61 publications

Gender and Perception of Profession

Gender and Perception of Profession

Öğretmen Adaylarının “Bilgisayar” Kavramı Konusundaki Bilişsel Yapılarının Belirlenmesi

Science Student Teachers’ Cognitive Structure on the Concept of “Food Pyramid”

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