The Effectiveness Of Using Conceptual Maps Strategy To Treat The Weakness Of The Acquisition Of The Scientific Concepts For The Students In North Hebron Directorate
Date
2017-06-16
Authors
Arman, Ibrahim
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Publisher
International Journal of Education, Learning and Development
Abstract
This study aims to identify the effectiveness of using conceptual maps
strategy to treat the weakness of the acquisition of the scientific concepts for the
students of 4
th grade in Omar Ibn Abdelaziz Secondary School – Bet Enoon for north
Hebron directorate. The participant of the study consists of eight students of fourth
grader, teachers and guardians in Omar Ibn Abdelaziz Secondary School for Girls in
the first semester of the academic year 2016-2017. The researcher built a test in the
unit of human body to evaluate students’ performance in these lessons. The validity of
the exam was measured by a group of specialists and experts who are in the field of
education and teaching. The researcher has formed the improvement program to
prepare lessons in the structure of concepts maps activities, and presentations of the
digestive system lessons. The study started on 17-9-2016 after the approval of the
concerned parties at Al-Quds university, Ministry of Education and the Principal of the
school to apply the study and ended on 23-10-2016 and the exam was applied to
measure the influence of the improvement program on cumulative. The study concluded
that there is an effectiveness for conceptual maps in treating the weakness of the
acquisition of scientific concepts for 4
th grade students in Omar Ibn Abdelaziz
Secondary School - Beit Enoon for North Hebron Directorate. In the light of the results
of the study, the researcher recommended to consider the concept maps as a strategy
in teaching “Science and Life” as it has a positive impact on acquiring the required
scientific concepts and taking into account students’ different levels at the primary
stage and using the modern teaching methods in a way that takes into account the
individual differences among students, and it also recommended to conduct similar
studies to other grades in science and other courses
Description
The current era is the age of science and technology, characterized by rapid and sudden
changes, where more and more scientific knowledge is coming to our attention. There
is no doubt that these changes and scientific and technological developments have
affected and are still affecting the educational process. The school has to direct the vast
amount of knowledge and information and it must Its students have many different
skills that are necessary to face scientific and technological development It should
reconsider its curricula, methods of teaching, its educational means.
Keywords
Effectiveness , Conceptual Maps Strategy , Weakness of the Acquisition of the Scientific Concepts