EFFECTS OF MIND MAPPING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL BIOLOGY STUDENTS IN ECOLOG

Jibrin Gagdi Adamu, shehui Danladi Zayum, Y A Abdullahi

Abstract


The study investigated the effects of mind mapping instructional strategy on the academic achievement of senior secondary school biology students in ecology. The design for the study was pretest and posttest control group design. All 20 senior secondary schools in Dengi metropolis with the total of 5,501 students constituted the population for the study .Two senior secondary schools were randomly selected and assigned into experimental and control groups. Ecology Achievement Test (EAT) was used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using t-test statistics .The result obtained indicates that students taught ecology using mind mapping instructional strategy significantly achieved higher than those  taught using lecture method. Based on the result it was recommended that, teachers need to vary their method of teaching using mind mapping teaching strategy as it improved academic achievement of students in ecology

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