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http://dx.doi.org/10.15267/keses.2018.37.1.039

An Analysis of Conceptual Structure in the Subjects related to Matter of Elementary School Pre-service Teachers using SNA Method  

Kim, Do Wook (Gongju National University of Education)
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Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education / v.37, no.1, 2018 , pp. 39-53 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the conceptual structure of subjects related to matter having pre-service elementary school teachers by applying semantic network analysis (SNA). The analyzed concepts in the subjects of matter were 6 words such as 'atom', 'molecule', 'ion', 'electron', 'matter' and 'particle'. The results of SNA of the concepts are as follows : 1. In the semantic network of 'atom', words having a high betweenness centrality were linked with the words based on both the scientific context and the everyday context. 2. The network of 'molecule' was analyzed to be more organized than the network of the 'atom'. 3. In the network of 'ion', the group of words of the scientific context was distinguished from the group of words of the everyday context. 4. The network of 'electron' was analyzed to be more oriented on electricity and magnetism in the field of physics. 5. In the network of 'matter', the words related to compounds were linked with knowledge of history of science. 6. The network of 'particle' was not structured with words based on particulate nature of matter.
Keywords
semantic network analysis, SNA; conceptual structure; matter; atom; molecule; ion; electron; particle;
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