EFFECT OF COGNITIVE MIND MAPPING ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ELECTRICAL TRADES STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN NIGER STATE

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the effect of mind mapping on students’ achievement in abstract contents of Electrical trades in technical colleges. The study adopted the Taro Yamane formula for determination of sample size research design, precisely, pretest, posttest non equivalent control group design which involved groups of students in their intact classes. A sample of 52 Electrical Trades Year II students drawn by multistage sampling technique, from a population of 150, in six technical colleges in Niger State was used for the study. Three research questions and three null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. Interviews and Observation Checklist is the instrument used for data collection. The study is of descriptive nature and it is carried out to determine the effectiveness of cognitive mind mapping in the achievement of electrical trade student in technical collages in Niger State Nigeria.Institution. Interview and Checklist for both control and experimental groups were all validated by three experts . Mean was used to answer the research questions, while Analysis of Relative Importance Index was computed to test the hypotheses. The study revealed that mind mapping instructional strategy was superior to the conventional method in enhancing student achievement in abstract contents. After pointing out some educational implications of the findings, it was thereafter recommended that mind mapping should be adopted in teaching abstract contents of Electrical Trades in technical colleges, among others.