Effect Education with Conceptual Mapping on the Academic Achievement of Biology Lesson for High School Students in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of educational method using a conceptual mapping on the amount of learning in the course of biology, especially in terms of meaningful learning. For this purpose, a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test was used. The statistical population of this study was the third grade high school students of Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Province in the year 2013-2014. Two classes were selected through purposeful sampling (each class included 20), in the control group, the students learned the lessons in the usual way, and in the experimental group the curriculum was presented in the form of conceptual maps to the students. The impact of this application on the learner's academic achievement in the biology course was measured through academic achievement tests with acceptable indicators of validity and reliability. The findings of the present study show that conceptual learning training has a positive effect on the degree of academic achievement of the biology course as well as its meaningful learning.