İlkokul, Ortaokul ve Lise öğrencilerinde ulamsal örgütleme çerçevesinde taksonomik farkındalık

Abstract

It is widely adopted that categories reside in the mind forming webs of semantic relationships of various types. Markman classies these relationships into two broad groups: taxonomic and thematic. She claims that until the age of 6 or 7, children are more likely to form thematic relations between categories, but after this age taxonomic relations begin to gain salience. In this research, a study group consisting of 300 primary, secondary and high school students in total were given three semantic webs including categories from different levels of categorization at superordinate, basic, subordinate levels. Using the categorical levels they had chosen from the three categorical levels of the web, the participants were asked to write sentences, in the context they created. In the database, the tendency of the participants to establish thematic and taxonomic relationships as well as the categorical levels they used were observed. The results showed that taxonomic relations clearly predominated the sentences produced by the participants. However, taxonomic awareness was seen to increase with age. It was also seen that the participants used peculiar sets of categorical levels while making taxonomic and thematic sentences.