EFFECTIVENESS OF CONCEPT MAPPING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN ZOOLOGY AT THE HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL

This study examined the effect of concept mapping teaching strategy on student's achievement in zoology at XI standard students. It also examined the differential effect in achievement among zoology students. The study used two groups pretest-posttest equivalent-groups design, 50 students for adopting for the present research. Zoology Achievement Test (ZAT) developed by the researcher and validated by experts was used for the present study. Students taught using concept mapping strategy achieved higher scores and significantly better than those taught using conventional (lecture) method. The study recommended among other things that since concept mapping is found to be an effective strategy and enhanced achievement among zoology students, teachers of this subject should accept it as one of the strategies they can use in zoology classroom.