The effect of an educational program according to the concept mapping strategy to cognitive achievement and the acquisition of some basic skills

Abstract

The study aims to investigate the effect of the concept mapping strategy on cognitive achievement and learning some basic skills in futsal football, as well as acquiring some basic skills in futsal football. The sample consisted of (36) students who were chosen randomly, from students of the College of Physical Education - University of Diyala, third stage and For the academic year 2023-2024, the sample was divided into two groups, the first group is an experimental group, which is taught using the method of concept maps, and the other is a control group using the followed method. A form was determined to measure the skill performance of the students for the two research groups and to determine their grades. The study material for the two research groups was also determined after reviewing the curriculum. For the purpose of measuring cognitive achievement, an achievement test was constructed for the students in the study subject by the researcher for basic skills in indoor football by preparing a table of content specifications. The subject is determined according to the first three levels of Bloom’s Achievement Hierarchy (remember, understand, apply) and determine the relative importance of the subject. Where the researcher used the achievement test and the educational units using the concept maps method, and after obtaining the test results data, it was processed statistically, and the researcher concluded that there were statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) between the average scores of the experimental group and the control group in cognitive achievement and the acquisition of some basic skills in futsal. In favor of the experimental group that studied according to the concept mapping strategy.