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EFFECT OF CONCEPT MAPPING AND MIND MAPPING ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN IKONO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of concept mapping and mind mapping on the academic achievement of students in Basic Science and Technology in Ikono Local Government Area. Three (3) hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A quasi experimental design was adopted for the study which had a total of three hundred (300) JSS2 Basic Science and Technology students purposively drawn from twelve (12) public secondary schools. The three schools were randomly assigned to groups of concept mapping, mind mapping and expository teaching strategies. A 20 item achievement test (BSTAT) was administered to respondents after four weeks of treatment on the topic, skeleton. Data generated were analyzed using t-test statistical tool, and results indicated that concept mapping and mind mapping strategies were superior to expository method of teaching science concepts.

KEYWORDS: Concept Mapping, Mind Mapping and Academic Performance

ARCHIBONG, A. U., Ph.D

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