Concept Maps in Teaching Physics Concepts Applied to Engineering Education: An explorative Study at the Middle East College, Sultanate of Oman.

摘要

An attempt has been made to study the effectiveness of concept maps in physics education through quasi-experimental design. The post-test is used as a measuring instrument and the post-test scores are statistically analysed The results of Levene's test and t-test reveal that mean of post-test scores of the experimental and control groups are statistically significant. This confirms the Alternate Hypothesis that students who studied using concept maps (experimental group) attained higher learning compared to the students who did not use the concept maps (control group). The learner achievement score reveals that 17.7 % higher learning has been attained by experimental group compared with control group. Questionnaires were used to know the students perceptions on the use of concept maps. The results of questionnaire analysis showed that students find concept maps are useful in teaching and learning. Further details of this study are discussed in the article.