The effectiveness of using visual thinking networks in teaching the Health and Women Education course on developing conceptual comprehension among first-grade secondary school students

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The study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of using visual thinking networks in teaching the Health and Women Education course on developing conceptual comprehension among first-grade secondary school students. To achieve the objectives of the study, the experimental approach was followed with a quasi-experimental design. An intentional sample of (32) students. The study used the conceptual comprehension test in the Health and Feminist Education course prepared by the researcher as a tool to collect data, The study resulted in the following findings:
1)    There were statistically significant differences at the level (α≤0.05) between the average scores of the experimental group students who studied according to visual thinking networks and the average scores of the control group students who studied in the usual way in the conceptual comprehension test, in the cognitive aspects of the conceptual comprehension (explanation, interpretation, application, perspective taking).
2)    There were statistically significant differences at the level (α≤0.05) between the average scores of the experimental group students who studied according to visual thinking networks and the average scores of the control group students who studied in the usual way in the conceptual comprehension test, in the emotional aspects of conceptual comprehension (emotional participation, self-knowledge).

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