Determination of The Cognitive Structures of Year Secondary School Students Through Word Association Test Techniques

dc.creator	Gülcan Polat
dc.date	2013-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:17Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:17Z
dc.identifier	http://dx.doi.org/10.12973/nefmed155
dc.identifier	1307-6086
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/cc49d564c12b43d8b2440a0c678d1ee9
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17531
dc.description	The purpose of this study was to determine the cognitive structures and to reveal the retention of knowledge occurring in a class of year 9 secondary school students after applying certain types of education. The study was conducted during the academic year of 2008-2010 with 48 students studying at a private high school located in the municipality of Istanbul using a Word Association Test (WAT). Two weeks after the having been taught a certain item and one year after teaching it the students were subjected to the WAT test. After completion of the test, a mind map was drawn from the results using the frequency tables prepared for the answers given by the students to the selected key concepts. Research results showed that the responses that the students gave shortly after the education involved more scientific expressions and the number of words used during the responses was higher , while their response rates showed a decrease both in number and frequency of use of scientific terminology used by the same students after one year.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Necatibey Faculty of Education
dc.relation	http://www.nef.balikesir.edu.tr/~dergi/makaleler/yayinda/14/EFMED_BYE117.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1307-6086
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Necatibey Faculty of Education, Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education , Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 97-120 (2013)
dc.subject	Word association test
dc.subject	environmental problems
dc.subject	environmental education
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Determination of The Cognitive Structures of Year Secondary School Students Through Word Association Test Techniques
dc.type	article