Table 3 WAT frequency table of the control group
From: Effect of a STEM approach on students’ cognitive structures about electrical circuits
Stimulus words | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ELECTRIC CURRENT | VOLTAGE | RESISTANCE | BATTERY | |||||
Response words | M1 | M2 | M1 | M2 | M1 | M2 | M1 | M2 |
ELECTRIC CURRENT | – | – | 44 | 58 | 48 | 18 | 31 | – |
VOLTAGE | 32 | 27 | – | – | 21 | – | 37 | – |
RESISTANCE | – | 23 | 19 | 30 | – | – | 14 | – |
BATTERY | 46 | 66 | 31 | 46 | – | – | – | – |
Electrical circuit | – | 113 | – | 116 | – | – | – | 29 |
Electrical shock | 207 | 135 | 127 | 126 | 17 | 34 | 79 | 46 |
Electricity | 91 | 133 | 76 | 112 | 29 | 49 | 59 | – |
Light/Lighting | 189 | 217 | 98 | 160 | 37 | 18 | 88 | – |
Energy | 135 | 160 | 96 | – | 39 | – | 112 | 114 |
Lamp | 101 | 140 | 73 | 35 | 31 | – | 68 | 73 |
Home appliances | 98 | 131 | 78 | 133 | 66 | 51 | 56 | 31 |
Wires/cables | 99 | 62 | 34 | – | 39 | – | – | – |
Danger | 102 | 38 | 108 | – | 21 | – | 42 | – |
Electrical plugs | 208 | 166 | 66 | 21 | – | – | – | – |
Sparks | 104 | – | 88 | – | – | – | – | – |
Switchboard | 96 | – | 79 | – | – | – | – | – |
Negative | 20 | 30 | – | 20 | – | – | 52 | 57 |
Positive | 19 | 25 | – | 17 | – | – | 44 | 68 |
Block | – | – | – | – | 101 | – | – | – |
Stop | – | – | – | – | 132 | 66 | – | – |
Effort | – | – | – | – | 69 | 47 | – | – |
Power supply | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 75 |