Effectiveness of Concept Map Approach in Teaching History Subject

Concept map is a technique that arranges knowledge in a form of connected nodes. In our hypothesis, applying a concept map approach in teaching and learning History as a courseware can improve students’ understanding and cognitive development. Therefore, we developed a courseware to complement the text book and were distributed to students in a Secondary School. For the purpose of this study, an experimental assessment was conducted among students where twenty students responded and went through the courseware assessment session. They filled in a form which was purposely designed to assess the effectiveness of the concept map instructional delivery and learner-friendliness of the design interface. In particular, the study looked at the effectiveness of a simulated learning experience, interface design as well as the technical aspects of the courseware. The findings from the study suggested that, in general, an implementation of concept map has been effective and useful. The outcome of the study concluded that concept map is one of the promising methods that can be effectively used to teach history in secondary students.