@article{article_373387, title={The Cognitive Structures of Turkish Pre-service Primary Teachers Regarding Electricity}, journal={Necatibey Faculty of Education Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education}, volume={11}, pages={289–306}, year={2017}, DOI={10.17522/balikesirnef.373387}, author={Uzun, Salih and Paliç Şadoğlu, Günay}, keywords={bilişsel yapı,kelime ilişkilendirme testi,sınıf öğretmen adayı,elektrik}, abstract={<p> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">Individuals’ knowledge construction is one of the
most important areas of interest in educational research and many studies have
been carried out attempting to reveal the cognitive structure of learners. The
aim of this study was to identify the cognitive structures of pre-service
primary teachers (PSPTs) regarding the stimulus word “electricity” through the
free word association test. The data were analyzed according to the content
analysis method. In addition, participants were asked to generate sentences
that related the stimulus word and the sentences were analyzed taking into
account the predefined categories. The study sample consisted of 35 third-grade
PSPTs at a faculty of education in Turkey. The findings revealed that
participants’ responses to electricity were gathered under 9 categories and the
most obvious category was “circuit components”. The findings showed also that
the most used words related to electricity were bulb, light, current, resistor,
switch, and cell battery. It was also seen that the words and concepts used by
the PSPTs related to electricity are based on knowledge at the basic level
rather than advanced level. </span>     </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Balıkesir Üniversitesi}