Mind Mapping as a Learning and Teaching Tool in Agricultural Higher Education in India

Abstract

The study aimed at investigating the effi cacy of mind maps in teaching over conventional comprehensive text; comparing both of these teaching methods; and fi nding out the binary association with several independent determinants. The experiment comprised two groups, one group was fed information as a mind map, others were fed comprehensive text. Results indicated that the respondents using comprehensive text took 186.69 seconds on average; whereas the respondents under mind map completed the test in 132.99 seconds. The t-test and chi-square tests indicated that gender does not infl uence the performance of the respondents whereas background, the language of primary education and profession has some infl uence under diff erent testing situations. The results establish that the mind map is much more effi cient in communicating the instructions concerning both comprehensibility and time to assimilate. Conclusively, a few futuristic research questions and inputs for relevant policy interventions have been identifi ed.