Metaphors developed by secondary school students towards "earthquake" concept

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dc.contributor.authorKaya, H.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-29T16:22:15Z
dc.date.available2024-09-29T16:22:15Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentKarabük Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis research was conducted to reveal the metaphors of Secondary school students about "earthquake" concept. About 105 students in two schools in Karabük city centre participated in the research within 2009 - 2010 academic year. The research Data were obtained by students' completing the statement "Earthquake is like ....... , because ........ ". Content Analysis Technique of Qualitative Research Method was used to analyse and interpret the collected Data. According to the outcome of the research, secondary school students created 55 different and acceptible metaphors related to "earthquake" concept. These metaphors were classified under 6 different conceptual categories after being studied carefully in relation with their common features. At the end of the research, It was understood that 34% of the secondary school students perceived earthquake as 'a burning and destroying event', 12.5% of them perceived it as 'scary and terrifying', 12.5% of the students as a 'worrying event', 10.2% of the students as 'an exemplary event', 18.1% as 'a way of expressing death' and 9.0 % as 'a prudent event'. © 2010 Academic Journals.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage718en_US
dc.identifier.issn1990-3839
dc.identifier.issue11en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-78650341376en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage712en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/9945
dc.identifier.volume5en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEducational Research and Reviewsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectConceptual categoriesen_US
dc.subjectEarthquakeen_US
dc.subjectGeography educationen_US
dc.subjectMetaphoren_US
dc.titleMetaphors developed by secondary school students towards "earthquake" concepten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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