Determining Biology Student Teachers' Cognitive Structure on the Concept of "Diffusion" Through the Free Word-Association Test and the Drawing-Writing Technique

International Education Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 187-206

  Kurt, Hakan ^a   Ekici, Gülay ^b   Aktaş, Murat ^c   Aksu, özlem ^d  

^a NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Mehmet Tunc Science Education Institutes   (Turkey)

^d Kazan Mustafa Hakan Güvençer Anatolia High School MEB   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alternative concepts; Cognitive structure; Diffusion; Drawing writing technique; Free word association test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885039752     PISSN: 19139020     EISSN: 19139039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ies.v6n9p187     Document Type: Article

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