Diagram Vee and mind mapping application to develop conceptual understanding of plant reproduction

Abstract

The most common issue in Bio reproduction class was a lack of students understanding about the concepts. This study aimed to compare between 2 instructional media of lesson study, Vee Diagram and mind mapping, which has made a better understanding about Bio reproduction among students, with an implementation of lesson study. The study was conducted in Biology Education Study Program Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Sciences Pakuan University, on March until May 2017. The second-year students of IVB and IVC were chosen as the participants along with a team of Bio reproduction lecturers as the conductor of the experiment and also as an observer. The topic for the study was Plant Reproduction. The methodology of this study was a quasi experiment. The IVB class used Vee diagram, while IVC class used mind mapping. The study was conducted in two cycles with three steps (plan, do and see). Data were collected by observation, paper and pencil test, and documentation technique. The result showed that a conceptual understanding of IVB was better on average than IVC. Based on the result and data analysis, it can be concluded that Vee diagram can improve a better students' understanding of bio reproduction especially on plant reproduction than mind mapping.