The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of utilizing concept maps teaching strategy on scientific learning achievement and scientific interest in elementary school children. The subjects of this study were seventy-nine children selected f...
The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of utilizing concept maps teaching strategy on scientific learning achievement and scientific interest in elementary school children. The subjects of this study were seventy-nine children selected from two classes of elementary school fifth graders located in busan. The subjects were classified into two groups : One group in composed of thirty-nine students(experimental group) who were participated in concept maps activity, and the other is composed of fourty students(comparative group) who were in the traditional teaching method. The pretest showed that were no significant differences between experimental and comparative group in scientific learning achievement and scientific interest.
The results of this study are as follows :
Firstly, after the classes, the scores of post-concept test were different from the experimental to comparative group. The concept maps teaching strategy was more effective in improving the scientific learning achievement than the traditional teaching method through the concept maps activity with feed-back of the discussion of children and the advise of teacher.
Secondly, the concept maps teaching strategy was more effective in the improvement of the scientific interest than the traditional teaching method through the concept maps activity with the self-participation in group, the solution of problem, and etc.
In conclusion, the concept maps teaching strategy was more effective than the traditional teaching method in scientific learning achievement and scientific interest. But the concept maps teaching strategy was less uneffective than the traditional teaching method on interest of scientific subjects.