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Visible Learning MetaX™
Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Concept mapping

Overview

  • Influence: Concept mapping
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Learning intentions
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: The creation of visual or graphic representations of relationships between information relating to course content.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 16
  • Number of studies: 1,442
  • Number of students: 36,963
  • Number of effects: 1,612
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.66
  • Robustness index: 5

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Journal of Educational Research Moore & Readence USA A quantitative and qualitative review of graphic organizer research 1984 Graphics organizers in mathematics 161 0 161 0.22
Conference paper Vazquez & Carballo USA Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of concept mapping as a learning strategy in science education 1993 Concept mapping in science 17 0 19 0.57
Educational Psychology Review Schroeder, Anguiano, & Nesbit USA Studying and constructing concept maps: A meta-analysis. 2018 Concept mapping 143 11,882 143 0.59
Science Education Horton, McConney, Gallo, Woods, Senn, & Hamelin USA An investigation of the effectiveness of concept mapping as an instructional tool 1993 Concept mapping in science 19 1,805 19 0.45
Dissertation Kang USA A meta-analysis of graphic organizer interventions for students with learning disabilities 2002 Graphics organizers in reading with learning disabled 14 0 14 0.79
Journal of Learning Disabilities Kim, Vaughn, Wanzek, & Wei Korea Graphic organizers and their effects on the reading comprehension of students with LD: A synthesis of research 2004 Graphics organizers in reading 21 848 52 0.81
Review of Educational Research Nesbit & Adesope Canada Learning with concept and knowledge maps: A meta-analysis 2006 Concept and knowledge maps 55 5,818 67 0.55
Dissertation Campbell USA A meta-analytical review of Novak's concept mapping 2009 Concept Mapping in all subjects 38 0 46 0.79
Book Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock USA Classroom instruction that works: Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement 2001 Idea representation 708 0 708 0.69
Standard Journal of Education and Essay Liu, Zhao, Ma, & Bo China The effect of mind mapping on teaching and learning: A meta-analysis. 2014 Mind mapping 40 5,213 40 0.63
Learning Disability Research and Practice Dexter, Park, & Hughes USA A Meta-Analytic Review of Graphic Organizers and Science Instruction for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities: Implications for the Intermediate and Secondary Science Classroom. 2011 Graphic organizers with learning disabled 16 808 55 0.91
Dissertation Wong USA Collaborative Concept Mapping–Meta-Analysis and Empirical Study 2021 Collaborative concept mapping 30 0 105 0.88
Educational Psychology Review Anastasiou, Wirngo, & Bagos USA The Effectiveness of Concept Maps on Students' Achievement in Science: A Meta-Analysis.  2024 Concept mapping 55 5,364 58 0.78
Psychological Sciences Wang & Gu China A meta-analysis of the effects of concept mapping on student performance and attitudes. 2008 Concept mapping 26 3,623 26 0.84
Heliyon Izci & Akkoc Turkey The impact of concept maps on academic achievement: A meta-analysis.  2024 Concept mapping 78 0 78 1.08
Asia Pacific Education Review Shi, Yang, Dou, & Zeng Korea Effects of mind mapping-based instruction on student cognitive learning outcomes: a meta-analysis.  2022 Mind mapping 21 1,602 21 0.99
TOTAL/AVERAGE 1,442 36,963 1,612 0.72
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