The Effect Of Using Concept Map s On Achieving English Grammar ...

understanding in different school subjects , but also positive effects onteaching and learning processes .Some studies like Esiobu and Saoyibo ( 2006 ) , Pankratius ( 2006 ) ,Willerman and Harg ( 2006 ) , Rice et.al ( 1998) , Snead and Young( 2003 ) , Dwyer and Wang ( 2004 ) , Snead and Snead ( 2004 ) , Attiehand Boujaouda ( 2003 ) , Guastello at el ( 2000 ) , AL wisimi ( 2001 ) ,Party ( 2004) and Riley and Ahleberg ( 2004 ) investigated the effect ofusing concept maps on achievement .Odom and Kelly ( 2001 ) , Lonning and Marko ( 1998 ) ,Chularu andDeBacker ( 2004 ) ,Talebinezhad ( 2007 ) , Keraro et.al ( 2007 ) ,Lian (1998 ) , Pegg ( 2007 ) , Valentina and Sunikumar ( 2006 ) , Brandt and et .al ( 2001 ) , D aley and et.al ( 2006 ) , Saber ( 2003 ) , Vakilifard andArmand ( 2006 ) ,Hung and Manh ( 2006 ) , Novak ( 2005 ) Roberts andJoiner ( 2007 ) and Hsu and Rn ( 2004 )investigated the effect of usingconcept maps on teaching and learning .Stoddart ( 2006) investigated the effect of using concept maps onunderstanding .Some of the studies were conducted in the Middle East area , others inother countries , however , no study in Gaza tackled the effect of conceptmaps on learning English grammar .93