scholarly journals Investigation of Mathematics Teacher Candidates’ Conceptual Structures about “Measurement” through Word Association Test: The Example of Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Erdogan
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Conceptual Structures ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
The One ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Free Word

The purpose of this research is to determine mathematics teacher candidates’ conceptual structures about the concept of “measurement” that is the one of the important learning fields of mathematics. Qualitative research method was used in this study. Participants of this study were 58 mathematics teacher candidates studying in one of the public universities in Turkey. The free word-association test was used as data collection tool. The “Measurement” stimulus concept was presented to mathematics teacher candidates through the free word-association test. A total of 118 response words obtained from the test have been arranged in frequency tables. The response words divided into 9 categories with the help of content analysis. A network of concepts has been created that the conceptual structures of mathematics teacher candidates about “measurement” using the frequencies and categories of response words. The findings of this study indicates that the response words with the highest frequency of the mathematics teacher candidates related to the “measurement” stimulus word are evaluation, exam, length, meter, test, etc. and the categories of response words are meaning of measurement, measurement and evaluation lesson, measurement learning domain, measurement in daily life, measurement units, etc.

scholarly journals Investigation of Physics Teacher Candidates’ Cognitive Structures about “Electric Field”: A Free Word Association Test Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Ercan Türkkan
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Cognitive Structure ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Cognitive Structures ◽  
Physics Teacher ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Test Study ◽  
Free Word

The aim of this study is to investigate the cognitive structures of physics teacher candidates about “electric field”. Phenomenographic research method, one of the qualitative research patterns, was used in the study. The data of the study was collected from 91 physics teacher candidates who had taken General Physics II course at Education Faculty of a university in Anatolia. The stimulus word, “electric field” has been presented to teacher candidates through Free Word Association Test (FWAT). The totally 43 responses obtained from FWAT were presented as frequency tables. The responses were divided into 13 categories by the - content analysis. A concept network which reveals cognitive structure of physics teacher candidates about “electric field” was created considering frequencies and categories. According to results of the study, the highest frequency values related with "electric field" which stimulus of physics teacher candidates were power, charge, vector/vectoral quantity, current, magnet, etc. and the categories with the highest frequency of response words were figured out as electrical force, electric charge, magnetic field and magnitude of electric field, etc.

scholarly journals Science Student Teachers’ Cognitive Structure on the Concept of “Food Pyramid”

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derya Cinar
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Energy Flow ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Cognitive Structure ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Science Student ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Food Pyramid ◽  
Free Word

<p class="apa">The current study aims to determine science student teachers’ cognitive structure on the concept of food pyramid. Qualitative research method was applied in this study. Fallacies detected in the pre-service teachers’ conceptual structures are believed to result in students’ developing misconceptions in their future classes and will adversely affect their future teaching performance. The data were collected from 48 science student teachers. A free word association test was used as a data collection instrument. The data collected were subject to content analysis. Analyzing the science student teachers’ responses to the concept of food pyramid on the free word association test, these responses were coded and divided into categories. Based on the categories, frequency and percentages were provided. The data collected through the study were divided into 7 categories, which were stated as follows: -relationship between producer, consumer and decomposer in matter and energy flow-concepts related to nourishment pyramid-definition of food pyramid-energy and matter transfer-producer, consumer and decomposer-elements of ecosystem and ecological factors- scientific disciplines related to food pyramid. When the words provided as answers by the science student teachers to the concept of food pyramid were analyzed, it was noticed that they had more word connections with relationship between producer, consumer and decomposer in matter and energy flow. It can be argued that some students could not produce any sentences and some others could not make meaningful sentences. Moreover, it was determined that they had some misconceptions about food pyramid. Similar research can be conducted with different student groups and for the correction of alternative concepts related to the concept of food pyramid, extra biology courses should be included in undergraduate curriculums.</p>

scholarly journals Konceptualizacja prawdy w świadomości językowej Polaków, Rosjan i Niemców (perspektywa aksjologiczna)

2018 ◽  
pp. 231-242
Author(s):  
Barbara Rodziewicz
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Free Word

The present article is an attempt at establishing a way of understanding the term 'truth', as well as characterizing all the phenomena the term encompasses in communities of Polish, Russian and German students. The author analyses the results of a Free Word Association Test.

Paradigmatism and Syntagmatism of Word Responses of Normals and Patients

1983 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 412-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Pons ◽  
Marie Françoise L'Homme
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
The State ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Free Word

It is demonstrated that in a free word-association test the paradigmatic-syntagmatic ratio of the most common responses (primary responses) is always higher than that for other responses, whatever the state of the subject (normal or patient). What differs between samples is not the nature of primary responses, but only their frequency.

Iterative Association

1965 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 617-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill J. Baldridge ◽  
Frank H. Hustmyer
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
External Disturbance ◽  
Feedback System ◽  
Delayed Feedback ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Initial Stimulus ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Free Word

A method of combining free word association with the engineering principles of servomechanisms is presented. It provides a focusing and amplifying of the word association test by incorporating S into a closed delayed feedback system in which he provides both the stimulus and the response words. The system is set into motion by an external disturbance in the form of initial stimulus words provided by E. With this arrangement S continues to associate to his own responses until interrupted. His associations converge on a small number of topics in a manner which is characteristic of him and independent of the initial stimulus words. After 10 successive cycles of associating to their own responses, 25 Ss converged on 3 topics from an average of 9 of the 15 beginning stimulus words. Much affective material was introduced by Ss even in the absence of original emotional stimuli.

scholarly journals Antywartości. Konceptualizacja zła w świadomości językowej Polaków i Rosjan

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-299
Author(s):  
Barbara Rodziewicz
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Free Word

The present article is an attempt at establishing a way of understanding the term evil as well as characterizing all the phenomena the term encompasses in communities of Polish and Russian students. The author analyses the results of a Free Word Association Test on the material of associative dictionaries.

scholarly journals Kulinaria w świadomości językowej Polaków, Rosjan i Niemców (aspekt aksjolingwistyczny)

2018 ◽  
pp. 279-288
Author(s):  
Barbara Rodziewicz
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Language Awareness ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Free Word

The article is an attempt at establishing a way of understanding the term Food in the systems of values in the language awareness of Poles, Russians and Germans. The author analyses the results of a Free Word Association Test.

Responses of Parkinsonian Patients to a Successive Free Word-Association Test

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Pons ◽  
M. Bielecki ◽  
B. Le Chevalier ◽  
Ch. Schupp ◽  
F. Morin
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Cognitive Slowing ◽  
Free Word ◽  
Normal Controls

28 Parkinsonian patients matched with 28 normal controls took a free word-association test. Three variables were measured: the commonness of the responses, their latencies, and their repetitions. Comparison of the two samples showed the same magnitudes of intercorrelations among these variables. But, if commonness and latency remained the same, repetition increased significantly for patients. These data were discussed in relation to results on the absence of cognitive slowing.

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