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@article{176451,
        author = {Dr. GURPARAS KAUR and Dr. TASNEEM KHAN},
        title = {A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF CONCEPT MAPPING AND TRADITIONAL METHOD OF TEACHING ON SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {11},
        pages = {6013-6020},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=176451},
        abstract = {The present study was designed to compare the effectiveness of concept mapping and traditional method of teaching on science achievement of Secondary School Students. The Quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test Non-equivalent group design was adopted for the experimental study. The sample for the study was consisted of 82 students of grade IX from private school, CBSE, Mohali. The students were placed into experimental group and the control group. Experimental group was taught with concept mapping learning and the control group was taught with traditional method of teaching. A criterion referenced science achievement test was constructed and standardised by the investigator and was used it as for pre-test and post-test. The hypothesis were analysed by means of ANCOVA. The results of the study showed that students taught with concept mapping improved their scores significantly with mean score of 57.04 as compared to those who were taught by traditional method of teaching whose mean score was 48.78. On the comparison of performance of the students across gender group, the non-significant gain in the mean achievement scores of the boys and girls showed that gap between the gender groups in learning science has been disappeared. Based on the findings, it is recommended that concept mapping strategies should be adopted for teaching science in schools as it shifts the paradigm from behaviourism to constructivism.},
        keywords = {Teaching Methods, Concept Mapping, Science Achievement.},
        month = {April},
        }