Effectiveness of the conceptual maps strategy to develop a critical thinking in the educational process in the schools of Kuwait (Case Study: Kuwaiti Ministry of Education)

Abstract

This study aimed to measure the effectiveness of learning methods and means of modern learning, including conceptual maps on the development of critical thinking among students in the seventh grade of intermediate stage in the city of Kuwait, and the researcher applying this study on a stratified sample consisting of (100) students from males in the intermediate school Saud Al Kharji in Kuwait City, the capital of the State of Kuwait.

It have been using the most commonly used tests in the educational community, it is a test of (California) 2000 and test (Lepper) 2005, where the stratified sample was divided into two random samples were distributed to two different groups: first, applied the conceptual maps, and second group:  applied the traditional way of learning.

The results of this study proved that the ability of conceptual maps to develop the critical thinking among students involved in the study sample, and the results of this study substantially agree with previous studies.

Keyword’: Kuwaiti Ministry of Education, conceptual maps, learning methods, critical thinking, test of (California) 2000, test (Lepper) 2005.