Preparation and Application of Mind Maps in Mathematics Teaching and Analysis of their Advantages in Relation to Classical Teaching Methods

Andrej Vanko

Abstract


In this article, we are dealing with mind maps and describing the experiment with application of mind maps in teaching mathematics at secondary schools. The experiment is aiming at comparing classical teaching and learning with mind maps. In the past, we created two groups of students (25 students per group), an experimental and a control group. We have set up a pre-test consisting of tasks not related to subject that will be taken through mind maps. By the end of the experiment, we apply a post-test with tasks directly focused on the subject that we will teach through mind maps. We will then evaluate the individual tests and then we will evaluate the effectiveness of the mind maps in the teaching process compared to the traditional methods.


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mind maps, experiment, mathematics, application, pre-test, post-test, comparing

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23755/rm.v35i0.428

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