The Effect Of Using Word Cloud In Primary School Science Teaching On The Cognitive Structure Of Students

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.