The Effect of Note Training of Mind Mapping on the Abilities of Reading and Comprehension for the Primary Students: An Example of Putzu Primary School

• Main Authors: Chiu-yi Liao, 廖久怡
• Other Authors: Ming-chien Hung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09015679608260947738

碩士 === 南華大學 === 資訊管理學系碩士班 === 99 === 　　This study explored the effect of Mind Mapping Teaching Program(MMTP) on the reading comprehension abilities of the fifth graders. All participants were divided into two groups in this study. The experimental group was comprised 33 students were taken with the MMTP, and the 56 students within control group were taken only the "General Reading Instructions." The “Nonequivalent Pretest-Posttest Designs” of “Quasi-experimental Design” was used to compare the results between the two groups. Both groups accepted the "Elementary School Reading Comprehension Test" prior to the programs and then again after the programs taken. The researcher used the time of Morning Study Hall and Alternative Learning Periods to teach the experimental group with 30 lessons of the "Note Taking Training Program of Mind Mapping" for two months, totaling 20 hours. 　 　　The results of the experiment show that the students’ grades of "Elementary School Reading Comprehension Test" had significant differences (improved) between the test taken before and the test taken after receiving the MMTP. The students in the experimental group had improved their reading comprehension more significantly than those in control group on every sub-ability levels of the five reading sub-ability, including Literal Comprehension, Text Comprehension, Inferential Comprehension, Summarization, and Self-questioning. The findings demonstrated that MMTP in elementary school can effectively improve students'' reading comprehension. Based on the findings, the approaches were proposed to launch mind mapping courses in the future, and subsequent related researches in the field were suggested as well.