VISUAL MAPPING PROGRAM FOR INTEREST ENHANCEMENT

Piyali Ghosh; Avinash Bhandarkar

doi:10.21922/srjis.v9i71.10202

Piyali Ghosh Research Scholar, Vidya Pratishthan (Maharashtra) Sanchlit College of Education, Taluka: Ahmednagar, District, Ahmednagar.
Avinash Bhandarkar Vidya Pratishthan (Maharashtra) Sanchlit College of Education, Ahmednagar.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21922/srjis.v9i71.10202

Keywords: Visual mapping, concept mapping, mind mapping, thinking maps, mathematical interest.

Abstract

Interest is an important factor that motivates and energizes the learning of students. The present study investigated the enhancement of mathematical interest through visual mapping programming of 9th-standard students. Here the 50 experimental samples were drawn from Bengali medium in West Bengal Board of Secondary Education School of Howrah District West Bengal State. One group of pre and post-test experimental designs were adopted. A standardized mathematical interest scale by Dr. Uma Tandon and Ashok Pal was used for pre and post-test to measure the mathematical interest of 9th-standard students. Visual mapping programs were developed by the researchers. The hypothecation was tested by using z-score analysis and objectives were answered by using mean SD and feedback sheet of students. The finding was a significant difference in the enhancement of interest in the mathematics of students. Thus, it can be concluded that the visual mapping program enhanced students’ interest in mathematics.