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VOL. 7, ISSUE 2 (2025)
Effects of concept Mapping Strategy on senior secondary two students on Essay Writing performance in Southern Kaduna State, Nigeria
Authors
Haddy Yunana Yashim
Abstract
Many Nigerian students
have discovered essay writing to be a daunting task. Limited studies have
explored effective strategies for improving students’ essay writing
performance. The present study, however, investigated the effects of concept
mapping as an essay writing strategy on essay writing performance of senior
secondary school students in the southern senatorial Zone of Kaduna State. The
study was guided by research questions and hypotheses. Quasi-experimental
(non-equivalent pre-test-post-test control group) research design was employed
for the study. A sample of 85 (experimental group = 49, control group = 36)
Senior Secondary School two (SSII) students from two (2) of the 109 public
senior secondary schools in the Southern Senatorial Zone of Kaduna State
participated in the study. Students in the experimental group received 8-weeks
(80 minutes of double lessons) training on concept mapping instruction, while
those in the control group were exposed to normal conventional teaching. The
data was obtained on essay writing performance of students before and after the
intervention programme using Composition Writing Achievement Test (CWAT,
test-retest reliability =.78) developed by the researcher. Data obtained from
the participants were analysed using the descriptive statistics (means &
standard deviation) to measure the level of composition writing skills (idea
generation and outlining). Also, t-test for independent sample was used to test
significant difference in students’ pre and post-test essay writing performance
between the two groups. Results indicated that students have very low essay
writing performance at baseline, and subsequently improves after exposure to
concept mapping instruction. More so, concept mapping instruction improves
students’ ability to generate and outline ideas in composition writing. The
study concluded that concept mapping instruction has significant effects on
essay writing skills of secondary school students. The implications of the
findings to teachers, students, and other relevant stakeholders have been
discussed.
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Pages:15-20
How to cite this article:
Haddy Yunana Yashim "Effects of concept Mapping Strategy on senior secondary two students on Essay Writing performance in Southern Kaduna State, Nigeria". International Journal of Educational Research and Studies, Vol 7, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 15-20
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