Yulia Irnidayanti, Kurth Hakan
This study aims to get a profile of the cognitive structure of pre-service-teacher students in Indonesia, on the concept of a circulatory system with Free Word Association Test instruments and The Drawing-Writing Technique. The results of the circulatory system material content analysis found that the conceptual category of "structure and morphology of circulatory devices" has the most responses, while the concept of "circulated material," has a low response. Based on the analysis results, 12 categories of the cognitive structure are obtained, in which seven categories are obtained from the Drawing Technique and 11 categories obtained from the Writing Technique, and the cognitive structure of pre-service-teacher students, are at levels 2 and 3. © 2018 Author(s).
Department of Biology Education, State University of Surabaya, Jakarta, Hasyim As”jarie Building 9th floors A Campus, State University of Jakarta, Jalan Rawamangun Muka, East Jakarta, 13220, Indonesia; Department of Biology Education, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Necip Fazll Mahallesi, Ahmet Keleşoǧlu Eǧitim Fk. 132 C, Meram/Konya, 42090, Turkey
