Journal of Educational Sciences > Volume 26, No. 1, 2014

The Effect of Using Metacognitive Strategies: (Conceptual Mapping and Mind Maps) on the Second Year Intermediate Students' Conceptual Structure and Vision Thinking Skills in Math / Mohmmed Al-Khateeb

This study aimed at investigating the effect of metacognition strategies; the conceptual mapping and mind maps on the conceptual structure and vision thinking skills in Math, The sample consisted of 95 second graders. They were randomly divided into three groups, conceptual maps groups, mind maps group, and a control group. It was found out that the students who used conceptual maps outperformed the students who used mind maps and normal method. and the students who used mind maps outperformed the students who used normal method in the conceptual structure test. As for the vision thinking, the performance of the students who used conceptual maps and mind maps, was better than the students who used normal method in the vision induction and assimilation, and there was no difference in the performance of the students who used conceptual maps and those who used mind maps. as for the mind circulation, difference, model completion and whole vision thinking, the performance of the students who used mind maps was better than that of the students who used conceptual maps and normal method. Finally, the performance of the students who used conceptual maps was better than that of the students who used normal method.
Key words: vision induction, mind circulation, Free association.