Abstract:

This study investigated the effects of creating word cloud activities on students' cognitive structures in a fourth-grade science course in primary school. The study was semi-experimental research, included 38 primary school students, and used the word association test for data collection. In data analysis, Mann Whitney-U Test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test as the non-parametric tests, and their parametric equivalents were used together. Within the scope of the study, whereas the word cloud activity was performed in the experimental group, the teacher-centered teaching activity was conducted in the control group. The study's findings showed no difference between the groups in concept remembering but in meaningful propositions in favor of the experimental group.

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