The Effect of Using Mental Maps On Cognitive Achievement In Rhythmic Gymnastics

Abstract

The aim of the research was to design mental maps for some theoretical of
cognitive achievement in the gymnastic game and to identify the effect of the use of mental
maps on cognitive achievement. The researcher hypothesized that there were statistically
significant differences between the results of the two tests and the existence of significant
differences in the remote tests between the control and experimental research in the results of
the tests of collection and retention. The study sample consisted of two experimental and
experimental groups who are students of the second stage in the Faculty of Physical
Education and Sports Sciences. The researcher adopted the achievement results in the first
exam and the retention test for the most committed female students in attendance and
attending the theoretical exams, with a total of (12) students from each group. The
application of the teaching method continued through the method of mental maps throughout
the period of theoretical theorems, which included the first half hour of the first chapter of
the experimental group, while the control group adopted the method of explanation used by
the teachers of the article. And the same date as the theoretical exam.
Through the results obtained by the researcher and their analysis and discussion
of the results, we concluded that the mental map is effective in improving students'
achievement in the cognitive part. Teaching using the mental map is also suitable for
teaching theoretical subjects in the field of Gymnastics better than the usual methods. The
method used in the teaching of theoretical subjects in the subject of Gymnastics is useful in
terms of information acquisition, but weak in terms of retention of information. Finally, the
method of teaching using mental map strategies is of great benefit in terms of retention of
acquired material. The researcher recommended the necessity of adopting the strategy of the
mental map in teaching the theoretical material of the Gymnastics and spreading this strategy
to the rest of the materials. In addition to that, training teachers of materials, especially
professors of theoretical subjects in courses on the use of mental map as well as the
introduction of teaching methods mental maps within the vocabulary of teaching methods in
the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science.