Background:Most of the recent studies in nursing education have been focused on outcomes of learning. Using traditional method in studying nursing materials, which emphasizes on cognitive acquisitions, may encourage students to adopt root (memorized) learning rather than meaningful or deep learning approaches. This study was aiming to assess the effect of using of concept map on the nursing students' achievement. It was conducted on 259 students studying obstetrics & gynecology nursing course in the 2014-2015 academic year were recruited in the study. There were divided into two group 122 students attended 1st semester were control group who follow traditional method in their studying while 137 students attended 2nd semester were study group who used the concept map as a study tool. Data were collected through questionnaire sheet, midterm & final written exam and students' opinionnaire sheet.
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