Arab Educational Information Network

The aim of this research was to study the effect of the interaction among mind maps / the used method, the style of learning and thinking (right-left integrated) in the development of generating and evaluating information skills in Chemistry among second graders at the secondary stage (n=166 students). The results showed superiority of the experimental group that studied using mind maps to the cotrol group that studied using the followed way in total score of the tests of the skills of the generation and evaluation of information in Chemistry as well as the sub-skills. Besides, the results showed the effect of the learning and thinking stylesb on the development of the skills of the generation and evaluation of information in Chemistry. There was also an effect of the interaction among mind maps, learning and thinking styles on the development of skills to generate and evaluate information in Chemistry. The results also revealed the effect of the interaction among the used method and the learning and thinking styles on the development of skills to generate and evaluate information in Chemistry. (Published abstract)