The effect of conc
37 The effect of concept mapping on English language academic
achievement and meaningful learning of high school students
Mansoureh Kalhor* 1, Golnar Mehranb2,
Goodarz Shakibaei3
1. Ph.D Studen Education , Academy of pedagogical
sciences , Tajikistan; 2. Professor , Alzahra University
,Tehran, Iran; 3. Branch of
Baghmalek, Islamic Azad university,
Baghmalek, Iran; *Corresponding author. Mansoureh kalhor: E-mail address: [email protected]
Abstract: This
study investigates the effect of concept mapping as a learning strategy on
academic achievement and meaningful learning of English language in third
grade of high school students .61 high school female students were randomly
assigned to experimental and control group in Karaj and their academic
achievement by quasi experimental design with pre-test and post-test was
studied. The research instrument was a teacher-made academic achievement test,
in which the high levels of cognitive
questions (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation) were used to evaluate the
meaningful learning. The results were analyzed with t test, and
showed that concept mapping strategy has a positive effect on academic
achievement (t=2.28, df=59, p=0.026) and meaningful learning (t=7.875,
df=41.549, p= 0.0001) in students of English language.
[Mansoureh
Kalhor, Golnar Mehranb, Goodarz Shakibaei. The effect of concept
mapping on English language academic achievement and meaningful learning of
high school students. J Am Sci2012;8(10):247-253]. (ISSN:
1545-1003). http://www.jofamericanscience.org. 37
Keywords: concept
mapping, meaningful learning, academic achievement, learning
strategies
