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Direct linkDimitris Anastasiou; Clare Nangsin Wirngo; Pantelis Bagos – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of concept maps on science achievement among elementary and secondary education students, including low-achieving students. A systematic search located 55 studies about concept mapping in science achievement published in peer-reviewed journals and dissertations between 1980 and 2020. We extracted 58…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Instructional Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Science Education
Download full textNaim Nail Kaymaz; Arzu Dogru – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2024
This study aims to determine the effect of teaching the "Cell and Divisions" unit in the science course with concept maps on the academic achievement of 7th grade middle school students. In order to achieve the stated purpose, a mixed method approach using an explanatory sequential design was used. The study group of the research…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Elementary School Science, Grade 7, Biology
Nesimyan -- Agadi, Dina; Ben Zvi Assaraf, Orit – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
The theory of evolution can be a useful basis for developing students' understanding of ecology. Our study used concept maps to examine the development of sixth-grade students' understanding of the Antarctic ecosystem following several evolution 'Science Days' conducted at 'Nature Campus' -- an informal learning environment comprised of a natural…
Descriptors: Evolution, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Grade 6
Jelena D. Stanisavljevic; Mirka ?. Bunijevac; Ljubiša Ž. Stanisavljevic – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2017
Teaching biology is characterized by a great number of concepts and facts. It is very difficult to concisely represent all important concepts and facts. In order to effectively present important concepts such as pollination and pollinators, concept maps have been applied. In particular, the pedagogical experiment was applied to determine whether…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Concept Mapping, Elementary School Science, Biology
Akçay, Süleyman – Journal of Biological Education, 2017
In this study, Turkish prospective elementary science teachers' understanding of photosynthesis and cellular respiration has been analysed within the contexts of ecosystem knowledge, organism knowledge and interconnection knowledge (IK). In the analysis, concept maps developed by 74 prospective teachers were used. The study was carried out with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers
Ratinen, Ilkka; Viiri, Jouni; Lehesvuori, Sami – Research in Science Education, 2013
Climate change is a complex environmental problem that can be used to examine students' understanding, gained through classroom communication, of climate change and its interactions. The present study examines a series of four science sessions given to a group of primary school student teachers (n?=?20). This includes analysis of the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Concept Mapping, Climate, Scientific Concepts
Akpinar, Ercan; Ergin, Omer – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of instruction (application) including interactive computer animation accompanied by teacher and student-prepared concept maps on primary students' biology achievement during instruction, as well as revealing attitudes towards science as a school subject. A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Animation, Concept Mapping
