Discussion
The current review showed that concept mapping, as a teaching strategy, has a worthy outcomes in nursing education. These findings could provide valuable evidences to integrate concept mapping as a continuous teaching strategy in nursing educational programs. This review revealed that students who participated in concept mapping sessions are likely to be more active and independent learners. Hill (2006) found in here study that concept maps incorporating self-learning techniques and students learned how to acquire knowledge independently and empower themselves to function in the professional setting. Also, by using concept map assessment Rubric, a quasi- experimental study for 102 nursing students revealed that concept mapping is directly correlated with students’ abilities to solve problem independently (Taie, 2014). Beside, concept mapping is able to …show more content…
This finding is consistent with Hsu et al. (2004) study in which concept mapping provides theoretical support for enhancing the construction of neurological care knowledge among nursing students. Hence, Through the use of concept maps, educators can potentially assist learners to connect their existing knowledge to new content. This idea is supported clearly when 25 students enrolled in concept mapping program, upon the completion of the module, using concept maps in allow students to make new connections and expand their knowledge with clinical experiences (Conceicao & Taylor, 2007). Further, The results of (MacNeil, 2007) study showed that the degree of complexity of the concept maps increased overtime. The effectiveness of concept mapping is extended to include large classroom setting, students reported that concept maps were helpful to develop and synthesis a broad meaning of the learned content (Carr-Lopez, Galal, Deepti , Patel, & Gnesa, 2014; Bixler, Brown , Way , Ledford, & Mahan,
The current review showed that concept mapping, as a teaching strategy, has a worthy outcomes in nursing education. These findings could provide valuable evidences to integrate concept mapping as a continuous teaching strategy in nursing educational programs. This review revealed that students who participated in concept mapping sessions are likely to be more active and independent learners. Hill (2006) found in here study that concept maps incorporating self-learning techniques and students learned how to acquire knowledge independently and empower themselves to function in the professional setting. Also, by using concept map assessment Rubric, a quasi- experimental study for 102 nursing students revealed that concept mapping is directly correlated with students’ abilities to solve problem independently (Taie, 2014). Beside, concept mapping is able to …show more content…
This finding is consistent with Hsu et al. (2004) study in which concept mapping provides theoretical support for enhancing the construction of neurological care knowledge among nursing students. Hence, Through the use of concept maps, educators can potentially assist learners to connect their existing knowledge to new content. This idea is supported clearly when 25 students enrolled in concept mapping program, upon the completion of the module, using concept maps in allow students to make new connections and expand their knowledge with clinical experiences (Conceicao & Taylor, 2007). Further, The results of (MacNeil, 2007) study showed that the degree of complexity of the concept maps increased overtime. The effectiveness of concept mapping is extended to include large classroom setting, students reported that concept maps were helpful to develop and synthesis a broad meaning of the learned content (Carr-Lopez, Galal, Deepti , Patel, & Gnesa, 2014; Bixler, Brown , Way , Ledford, & Mahan,