Effect of Mind Maps Strategy on Performance in Air Rifle Shooting

Abstract

To shift students from traditional learning frameworks to new ones that grant them a positive role in the educational process, it is essential to use strategies and plans that help reveal their potential, abilities, inclinations, and orientations. This is achieved by giving students a degree of freedom and independence, instead of the teacher being the sole leader and decision-maker.

From this perspective, the researcher decided to use the mind maps strategy as a means to facilitate the learning process, save time and effort for the teacher, and enable the student to take responsibility, becoming a researcher, innovator, and discoverer capable of finding solutions to any problem through positive response and reaction. The effectiveness of shooting is distinct from other sports, as it requires high concentration, accuracy, quick wit, rapid analysis, studying surrounding conditions, and then choosing the appropriate decision within a limited time.

The study utilized an experimental method with pre- and post-tests on a sample of second-year male students who regularly attend shooting classes at the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences for Boys. After performing the pre-test to ensure equivalence, and conducting the main experiment and post-tests, the researcher found that students who studied according to the mind maps strategy achieved a higher learning rate than the control group, which studied according to the traditional method. Therefore, the researcher recommended the necessity of using means and strategies that give the learner a positive role in participating in the educational process, considering them the core of this process.