The Effectiveness of the Mind-Mapping Strategy on Developing Contemplative Thinking Among Sixth-Grade Students in the Social Sciences Subject

Abstract

       The purpose of the research was to determine how the mind-map strategy affected the contemplative thinking skills of sixth-grade social science students. To accomplish their goal, the researchers employed the experimental approach. Sixty students made up the research sample, which was split into two groups at random: (30) students in the experimental group and (30) students in the control group. The experimental group was given the mind map strategy, while the control group studied as usual. After following all psychometric recommendations, the researchers prepared a reflective thinking questionnaire to assess the research's stability. A Pearson correlation coefficient of (0.89) was used in the retest. (Cronbach's Alpha) coefficient indicates that it is equivalent to (0.91). The researchers prepared (16) teaching plan for the experimental group and (16) teaching plan for the control group according to the Mind Maps strategy and the ordinary method. The experiment began on 23/1/2024 and ended on 8/4/2024. After the experiment was completed and the tool was applied, the data was organized by using (SPSS) and following of the pre-and post-tests, the results are as follows: In favor of the experimental group, there are statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) in the arithmetic mean scores between the control group, which studied the usual approach, and the experimental group, which studied the mind-map strategy.