The purposes of this study are to offer the visual and active learning opportunities through the mind mapping instruction and analyzing the effect of learning attitude side. Also, it focuses on the effects of the mind mapping instruction to leaner's p...
The purposes of this study are to offer the visual and active learning opportunities through the mind mapping instruction and analyzing the effect of learning attitude side. Also, it focuses on the effects of the mind mapping instruction to leaner's personality type.
The research questions of the study are as follows:
First, are there changes of leaner's attitude through the politics class of social studies using the mind mapping?
Second, are there different results of mind mapping activity according to such learner's personality type as introversion or extroversion?
To solve these questions, at first this study reviewed the leading studies and theories about features, rules and stages of mind mapping. Also, new mind mapping style is developed and applied based on the analysis of the conceptions, goals and contents of politics class of social studies in an elementary school.
The sixty eight students who were the subjects lived in Jeonju and were 6th graders of an elementary school. Term of study was 10 weeks and conducted the test of learning attitude to social study and personality. Also it was that to analyze the individual personality type interview.
All statistical data were analyzed by SPSS(ver 12.0)program, and to verify the result T-value was used in significance level was within 5%. Also to analyze the pictures according to personality type, 2 students of extrovert and introvert were selected, and their sheets of study and results of interview were analyzed.
The results are as follows:
First, introduction of mind mapping made significant progress in student's attitude to learning. Reviewing the result, it was found that subjects had more interesting in ways of study and social studies. And the students had more confidence for learning and ability of presentation. Also, students wanted to understand the contents of social study, use the mind mapping steadily and apply to other subject matter.
Second, it was different in the result of picture of mind mapping according to personality type-learner's extrovert and introvert style. In other words, introvert students made the sheet to indicate their own clever ideas, and they needed more time to work for revising the thinking and expression stage. For the same reason they take more time to express their own opinion.
Finally, introvert students use the mind mapping for satisfaction of themselves not showing to others.
On the other hands, extrovert students have a tendency to show their result of paper to others. When they did the paper work, they used unique images or decorated with showy colors. And they progressively participated in presentation activity. But they were inattentive or missed the contents when they were doing mind mapping. Also they worked it extempore and had many revisions.
After this study, the effect of mind mapping is verified in more classes with progressive practices, and it should be developed new plans to use mind mapping more variously.