Detecting changes with learning in the organization of knowledge: Use of word association tests to follow the learning of collision theory

Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management

“…For example, Cachapuz & Maskill (1987) performed association task in order to examine intra-concept relation held by subjects. For example, Cachapuz & Maskill (1987) performed association task in order to examine intra-concept relation held by subjects.…”

Teaching and Learning Chemical Kinetics

“…One fundamental issue in understanding chemical kinetics -the idea of collision -was one of the focuses of a study in which the ability of word association tests to provide insights into students' ideas was investigated (Cachapuz & Maskill, 1987). Despite the fact that the research instrument detected poorly related concepts, it made the key position of the concept 'collision' in students' ideas evident.…”

The pathways to higher education: lexical availability in adult candidate students and in young first-year students

“…However, there are also studies in which the time limit is not predetermined (e.g., Hough andGivens 2004, Cameron et al 2008 The term 'lexical availability' arose under the influence of the sociolinguistics movement that, mainly in Spain and Latin America, undertook studies characterizing the lexicon available to different layers or groups of people (among these we find Bartol Hernández 2005, Hernández-Muñoz et al 2006, Urzua et al 2006, Ríos González 2007, López-García 2008, Echeverria et al 2008. Since the literature derives lexical availability from the ability to associate and to display fluency, there are other names designating these or similar skills such as semantic fluency (Kavé 2006), word fluency (Hough and Givens 2004), categorical fluency (Bahar and Hansell 2000), and the word association test (Cachapuz and Maskill 1987, Maskill et al 1997, Laney et al 1999.…”