A Comprative Study of the Effectiveness of Network Presentation vs. linear Presentation of Course Content on Cognitive Outputs

The present study was implemented to compare the effectiveness of network presentation using MindMapper software with linear presentation using PowerPoint software on the students’ academic achievement in experimental sciences and their cognitive outputs. Recall, understanding and using the learned materials were the cognitive outputs studied here. The research design used in this study was semi-experimental with pretest posttest and compared groups. The participants were 60 elementary school male students at the sixth grade of Khoy who were chosen by available sampling method. An achievement test of experimental sciences was used to measure the students’ cognitive outputs. The results of Covariyance analyses showed that the use of the Mindmapper software for network presentation as compared with the PowerPoint software linear presentation has a significance impact on the students’ academic achievement in experimental sciences (understanding and use).