The effectiveness of an educational program based on mind maps in developing reading comprehension skills among third-year middle school female students

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College of Education and Human Development - University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia

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The aim of the research was to identify the effectiveness of an educational program based on mind maps in developing reading comprehension skills among a sample of third-year middle school students, totaling (96) students; divided into two groups: an experimental group, totaling (64) students who studied the educational program prepared using mind maps, and a control group, totaling (32) students who studied according to the traditional method. To achieve this goal, a reading comprehension skills test was prepared, and after applying the research tool before and after to the two groups using the quasi-experimental approach. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) between the average scores of the students of the two groups in the post-application of the reading comprehension skills test: in favor of the experimental group. In light of the research results, a set of recommendations was reached and a number of research and studies were proposed.

Keywords: Mind maps, reading comprehension, educational program, third year -middle school

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