The Effectiveness of Teaching Mind-Based Study Methods on Students' Achievement Motivation and Academic Engagement

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of mind map-based study method on students' achievement motivation and academic engagement.

The current study method is a semi- experimental pre-test and post-test investigation that is associated with a control group. Statistical population consisted of all The statistical population of the study was male students of the first year of high school in Yazd (14492 students) in the whole of 2019-2020. 50 students were selected as a sample using multi-stage cluster sampling method and randomly replaced in two groups of 25 experimental and control. The experimental group underwent 10 sessions of training method based on mind map; While the control group did not receive any intervention. To measure the variants, Herman's progress motivation survey (1997) and Reeve's academic engagement survey (2013) reused for both groups. The obtained data from pre-test and post-test were analyzed using multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance.

The results showed that teaching the study method based on mind map increased the academic engagement, and motivation of students in comparison with the control group in the post-test (P <0.0001).

Mind mapping study method can be used to increase academic engagement and student achievement motivation in schools and educational centers.