Open AccessComparison of Interdisciplinary History and Science Concepts from the Cognitive Aspect with Word Association Test
Author(s) -
Sefa Yıldırım,
Mehmet Akif Haşıloğlu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
world journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-0754
pISSN - 1925-0746
DOI - 10.5430/wje.v8n5p41
Subject(s) - sentence , test (biology) , psychology , association (psychology) , cognition , word association , mathematics education , data collection , science education , social science , sociology , computer science , artificial intelligence , paleontology , neuroscience , biology , psychoanalysis , psychotherapist
This study aims to compare and contrast the connotations of the concepts of "science" and "history" that were formedin the minds of students attending both Faculty of Science and Letters, History Department and Faculty of Education,Science Education Department at Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University. The participants of the study are 173 students fromthe History Department, including the whole education level of the department and 71 students from ScienceEducation Department including all classes. The participants were asked what they mean by the concepts of"science" and "history" and what connotations they made. Survey method is used in a descriptive research model.The Word Association Test (WAT) related to history and science has been utilized as a data collection tool.According to findings received after the analysis, it is found that there was no significant difference betweencognitive sentence structures of the students, who are attending different disciplines, towards both the concept ofhistory and science. As a result of the Word Association Test, although there are some differences according to thedepartments of education, many concepts in general are similar. When examining the cognitive sentence structuresfor the concepts, there is a need for research on the interrelationship of basic concepts with special areas. Thus, thisresearch gains more importance.