Abstract:

The aim of this study is to study the effects of concept maping and the use of traditional teaching methods in the general biology course on the academic success of teaching candidates and their attitudes towards the biology course. The research was carried out with the participation of 103 teachers candidates who studied in the 2nd grade of the University of Çanakkale on March 18th Education Faculty of Science and Information Teaching. The research has used a experimental research model with a pre-test-final test control group. As a data collection tool, the General Biology course has been used as an Academic Success Test and the Attitude Scale towards the Biology course. The study found that there was no significant difference between the scores that students in the experiment and control group obtained from the academic success and attitude final tests (p>.05). According to the comparison of the academic success and attitude of the experiment and control groups pre-test/final test, significant differences have been identified in the success and attitude of students under the course through both the concept map and the traditional teaching method (p<.05).