Research article

The Effect of Mind Mapping on Teaching and Learning：A Meta-Analysis

Ying Liu¹，Guoqing Zhao^2,3*, Guozhen Ma⁴ and Yuwei Bo⁴

¹Institute of Educational Psychology and School Counseling, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

²School of Educational Technology, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

³Collaborative and Innovative Center for Educational Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

⁴School of Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

*corresponding Author E-mail: guoqingzh@163.com

Accepted 18 April, 2014

Abstract

To improve teaching and learning, it has become increasingly popular to use visualized tools for study. We try to find out the effect of mind mapping on teaching and learning considering the advantage of mind mapping. Although numerous research studies have shown the advantage, there aren’t conclusive results yielding. To conform the effect, we adopt the method of meta-analysis by reviewing experimental and quasi-experimental studies. The meta-analysis shows that mind mapping has positive effect on teaching and learning and country, usage, subject and achievement can influence the results.

Keywords: mind mapping, meta-analysis, teaching, learning