فاعلية استخدام الخرائط الذهنية كطريقة تدريس في تحصيل الطلبة في مساق التربية البيئية بجامعة مؤتة

Abstract EN

The current study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using (Mind Map) as a teaching method based on student's achievement in an environmental education course at Mutah University compared to the traditional method.

To achieve this goal, a valid and tested achievement exam was constructed for the purpose of this study.

The sample of the study consisted of (130) students who were enrolled in a course of environmental education for the summer semester of the academic year 2011 \ 2012, Those were divided into two group; an experimental group that consisted of (70) students and control group that consisted of (60) students The experimental group was instructed by applying the (Mind-Map) strategy, while the control group was instructed by the traditional method.

The results of the study showed that there were statistical differences in student's achievement in favor of the experimental group and student’s gender in favor of females.

The results showed no statistical differences that can be attributed to the variable of college.

In addition, no statistical differences can be attributed to the interaction between the instructional method and gender (male, female) or college.