Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Leary,Jr., Samuel Ferebee
Author's Email Address	scleary1@home.com
URN	etd-112999-142300
Title	The Effect of Thinking Maps Instruction on the Achievement of Fourth-Grade Students
Degree	Doctor of Education
Department	Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Christina M. Dawson Committee Chair Robert R. Richards Committee Co-Chair David J. Parks Committee Member Davida W. Mutter Committee Member Jerome A. Niles Committee Member
Keywords	achievement graphic organizers Thinking Maps elementary
Date of Defense	1999-11-16
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract THE EFFECTS OF THINKING MAPS® INSTRUCTION ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS Samuel F. Leary Jr. ABSTRACT This quasi-experimental study investigated the effects of the Thinking Maps® program, a series of graphic organizers, on the achievement of fourth-grade students as measured by a standardized test. The researcher used a nonequivalent pretest-post test control group design to compare student achievement between fourth-grade students in two elementary schools within a school division. A total of 78 students participated in the study; 41 in two classes in the treatment group and 37 in the two classes in the control group. The treatment group received instruction in the Thinking Maps® program for seven months. The instrument used to measure the dependent variables (reading, mathematics, and language) was the Stanford Achievement Test (Ninth Edition). Three four-way ANOVAs, with treatment and control, race, gender, and previous achievement level as independent variables were used to compare the students' scaled scores on the post test. Interviews were conducted with the four teachers to collect data on the treatment and control conditions. The statistical analyses performed on the post test-scaled scores of the fourth-grade students in the study indicated that there was no significant difference between the treatment and control on any of the variables included in this study. While the quantitative analyses could not validate the owner's of Thinking Maps® program claims of improving student achievement as measured by standardized tests, the researcher provides some insight into teachers' and students' reactions to using these graphic organizers as tools for improving classroom instruction.
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