Effectiveness of Group Conceptual Mapping on Cognitive - Emotional Indicators of Chemistry Courses

This study aims to determine effectiveness of group conceptual mapping on cognitive - emotional indicators of chemistry courses. Participants include 147 first grade high school female students and the intended educational content is chemistry. The research project is designed based on a quasi-experimental plan along with post-test and comparison group. Participants are selected using single-stage cluster sampling and specified to the test group (60 individuals) and control group (87 individuals) randomly. In test group, group conceptual maps were drawn by participants after teaching, while in control group participants were learning the same contents with common methods. Cognitive and emotional indicators of the study were evaluated by a researcher designed test and self-effectiveness questionnaire (Morris, 2001), respectively. Results of the study show conceptual group mapping has positive effect on cognitive indicators of learners on chemistry courses, however, other parts of the findings indicate conceptual group mapping can only meaningfully influence educational self-effectiveness as one of the elements of emotional indicators, and has no meaningful effect on other elements (social and emotional) of self-effectiveness.