Cognitive Structure of Preservice Primary School Teachers for Basic Biology Concepts

Autor/inn/en	Yener, Yesim; Inan, Muhammed Erkam
Titel	Cognitive Structure of Preservice Primary School Teachers for Basic Biology Concepts
Quelle	In: Acta Didactica Napocensia, 15 (2022) 1, S.142-155 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Structures; Biology; Science Instruction; Scientific Concepts; Foreign Countries; Laboratory Equipment; Memory; Preservice Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Associative Learning; Teacher Education Programs; Vocabulary Skills; Networks; Teaching Methods; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ausland; Laborausstattung; Gedächtnis; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Aktiver Wortschatz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Türkei
Abstract	This study aimed to determine the cognitive structures of preservice primary school teachers for basic biology concepts using Word Association Test (WAT). The study group consists of 50 preservice teachers studying in a university in Western Black Sea Region in Turkey. Four separate cut-off points were determined and analysed. Organ, living things, microscope were the most common response words. The conceptual network was structured as three different islets that were disconnected from each other at the third cut-off point. The desired conceptual network was formed only when cut-off point was taken further than the last cut-off point, and that these desired interconnections, network structure were formed in some students. It is suggested that this situation should be taken into consideration while determining cognitive structures using WAT and that lecturing should be performed according to the structure of the conceptual network that is desired to be shaped in the students' memory. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01