Mind Map Technique in Physical Education: Development of Cognitive and Psychomotor Skills

Abstract

The study aimed to measure the success of teaching the subject of volleyball in the physical education course with the mind map. The study employed a quasi-experimental pre-posttest design with an experimental and a control group. The study was completed with a total of 66 students 33 students allocated to the experimental and 33 students to the control group. A pre-test was administered to the experimental and the control groups in order to explore students’ cognitive and psycho-motor skill levels of the relevant subjects before teaching volleyball subject.The experimental group was trained using the mind map with 40min courses a week for 9 weeks. Meantime, the control group was trained using conventional teaching methods. At the end of 9 weeks period, tests were again administered to groups. To collect data, a Volleyball Skill Test and a Psychomotor Observation Form were used. The post-tests results showed that levels of cognitive domain and overhead pass and bump pass were higher on behalf of the experimental group. In the comparisons of the cognitive and psychomotor skill levels of the two groups, a statistically significant difference was found in favor of the experimental group in the cognitive and psychomotor domains.