Research Article

Examination of the Cognitive Structures of the Secondary School Eighth-Grade Students Regarding Some Concepts in Electricity Through the Word Association

Volume: 7 Number: 1 June 29, 2020
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Examination of the Cognitive Structures of the Secondary School Eighth-Grade Students Regarding Some Concepts in Electricity Through the Word Association

Abstract

This study aims to reveal the cognitive structures of secondary school eighth-grade students regarding the concepts of current, voltage, and resistance which take place within the subject of electricity by using word association test (WAT). Correlational survey method was used in the study. The study included 100 eighth-grade students who receive education in a state school under the Ministry of National Education in the city center of Eskişehir province in the spring semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. In the research, the word association test was used as a data collection tool. The words obtained as a result of the study regarding the concepts were studied in detail, repeated words are taken into consideration and conceptual networks are created in line with the determined breakpoints. Pursuant to the results, it was seen that secondary school eighth-grade students mostly repeat “electricity”, “fear”, and “force” for the concepts of current, voltage, and resistance, respectively. The distinctive feature of the study is using the word association test (WAT) for the first time in determining the cognitive structures of secondary school eighth-grade students towards the concepts of current, voltage, and resistance.

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Primary Language

English

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Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

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Publication Date

June 29, 2020

Submission Date

May 2, 2020

Acceptance Date

June 27, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Balbag, Z., & Karademir, E. (2020). Examination of the Cognitive Structures of the Secondary School Eighth-Grade Students Regarding Some Concepts in Electricity Through the Word Association. Osmangazi Journal of Educational Research, 7(1), 50-64. https://izlik.org/JA82RC76YL
AMA
1.Balbag Z, Karademir E. Examination of the Cognitive Structures of the Secondary School Eighth-Grade Students Regarding Some Concepts in Electricity Through the Word Association. OJER. 2020;7(1):50-64. https://izlik.org/JA82RC76YL
Chicago
Balbag, Zafer, and Ersin Karademir. 2020. “Examination of the Cognitive Structures of the Secondary School Eighth-Grade Students Regarding Some Concepts in Electricity Through the Word Association”. Osmangazi Journal of Educational Research 7 (1): 50-64. https://izlik.org/JA82RC76YL.
EndNote
Balbag Z, Karademir E (June 1, 2020) Examination of the Cognitive Structures of the Secondary School Eighth-Grade Students Regarding Some Concepts in Electricity Through the Word Association. Osmangazi Journal of Educational Research 7 1 50–64.
IEEE
[1]Z. Balbag and E. Karademir, “Examination of the Cognitive Structures of the Secondary School Eighth-Grade Students Regarding Some Concepts in Electricity Through the Word Association”, OJER, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 50–64, June 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA82RC76YL
ISNAD
Balbag, Zafer - Karademir, Ersin. “Examination of the Cognitive Structures of the Secondary School Eighth-Grade Students Regarding Some Concepts in Electricity Through the Word Association”. Osmangazi Journal of Educational Research 7/1 (June 1, 2020): 50-64. https://izlik.org/JA82RC76YL.
JAMA
1.Balbag Z, Karademir E. Examination of the Cognitive Structures of the Secondary School Eighth-Grade Students Regarding Some Concepts in Electricity Through the Word Association. OJER. 2020;7:50–64.
MLA
Balbag, Zafer, and Ersin Karademir. “Examination of the Cognitive Structures of the Secondary School Eighth-Grade Students Regarding Some Concepts in Electricity Through the Word Association”. Osmangazi Journal of Educational Research, vol. 7, no. 1, June 2020, pp. 50-64, https://izlik.org/JA82RC76YL.
Vancouver
1.Zafer Balbag, Ersin Karademir. Examination of the Cognitive Structures of the Secondary School Eighth-Grade Students Regarding Some Concepts in Electricity Through the Word Association. OJER [Internet]. 2020 Jun. 1;7(1):50-64. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA82RC76YL