An Evaluation of the Buzan Mind Mapping Module as a Guide for Teachers on Note-Taking Technique

Abstract

Students should be well equipped with efficient note-taking techniques to enable them to learn and achieve better results in academia. A self-instructional Buzan Mind Mapping module was developed with as a guide for teachers to facilitate their students in learning note-taking techniques. Thus, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the qualities of the self-developed Buzan Mind Mapping module. The development of the Buzan Mind Mapping module was based on the Meyer Model and eight experts evaluated the qualities of the module. Fleiss’ Kappa for the inter-rater reliability score for the instrument rating scale for the evaluation of the qualities of a module was κ = .7167, which can be taken to represent constant agreement among raters. Analysis on the quality evaluation revealed that eight raters (content and design experts) showed an agreement on satisfactory level and above for all 34 items. Based on the positive feedback on the qualities of the module, we recommend that the module be tested on the effectiveness for note-taking among secondary school students.Students should be well equipped with efficient note-taking techniques to enable them to learn and achieve better results in academia. A self-instructional Buzan Mind Mapping module was developed with as a guide for teachers to facilitate their students in learning note-taking techniques. Thus, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the qualities of the self-developed Buzan Mind Mapping module. The development of the Buzan Mind Mapping module was based on the Meyer Model and eight experts evaluated the qualities of the module. Fleiss’ Kappa for the inter-rater reliability score for the instrument rating scale for the evaluation of the qualities of a module was κ = .7167, which can be taken to represent constant agreement among raters. Analysis on the quality evaluation revealed that eight raters (content and design experts) showed an agreement on satisfactory level and above for all 34 items. Based on the positive feedback on the qualities of the module, we recommend that the module be tested on the effectiveness for note-taking among secondary school students.