The Effect of Web-Based Concept Mappingin Learning Enhancem

This paper reports on the study undertaken to elucidate the effectiveness of web-based concept mapping in the delivery of online courses. The web-based learning environment with concept mapping (WCM) for the online delivery of the first year undergraduate Physics course was specially developed. The effectiveness of this concept mapping was examined by comparing the students’ (N=189) achievement in the web pages with and without concept mapping (WOCM). A student t-test analysis (p\le0.05) yielded a superior academic performance among students who constructed concept mapping as the learning progressed as opposed to those who did not utilise concept mapping. The cognitive processes in sorting out the learning materials and, organising and establishing the hierarchy of ideas would be discussed, in particular, pertaining to the facilitation of higher order thinking leading to the observed superior performance.