Author/Authors :
KURT, Hakan Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi - Ahmet Keleşoğlu Eğitim Fakültesi - OFMAE Bölümü, Biyoloji Eğitimi Bilim Dalı, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Biology Student Teachers’ Cognitive Structure on the Concept of “Immunity”
Abstract :
The current study aims to determine biology student teachers’ cognitive structure on the concept of immunity. Qualitative research method was applied in this study. The data were collected from 40 biology student teachers. The free word-association test and the drawing-writing technique were used as data collection instruments. The data collected were subject to content analysis. Based on the categories, frequency was provided. The data collected through the study were divided into 8 categories, which were stated as follows: structures are involved in immunity, artificial immunity, the response of immunity, the definition of immunity, the organism response of end of the immunity, relationship between immunity and species, the nature of immunity and ways to destroy in the immunity. Moreover, it was determined that they had some alternative concepts about immunity.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
immunity , free word association test , misconception , cognitive structure
JournalTitle :
Dicle University Journal Of Ziya Gökalp Faculty Of Education
