Mapping Pre-Service Chemistry Teachers’ Group Cognitive Structure Concerning the Topic of Physical and Chemical Change via the Word Association Method
Canan Nakiboğlu
Abstract:In this study, first the level of interconnectedness of the key concepts concerning the topic of physical and chemical changes in pre-service chemistry teachers' (PSCTs') semantic memories was explored. Second, the group cognitive structures of the PSCTs that contain associations between these key concepts and the response concepts that appeared for the key concepts were mapped. Data for all of these processes were collected by a word association test (WAT). Seventy PSCTs attending the Chemistry Education Depa… Show more
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