Effect of the Mind Mapping Technique on Comprehension and Retention of What is Listened to

The present study aimed to determine if there is a difference between mind mapping note taking technique and classical note taking techniques on comprehension and retention the texts which the department of turkish education students listened to. in this line, the study group of the research was composed of 77 students in total who studied in the ataturk university faculty of education the department of turkish teaching, 38 of whom were from class 3/a and 39 of whom were from class 3/b.in this study, experimental design with “pre-post test and control group” is used. in the present study which lasted four weeks, the experiment group received strategic training in mind mapping note taking technique; the control group received strategic training in classical note taking techniques. after 4 weeks following the application, permanence test was performed. the data obtained following the study were evaluated in spss 16.0 package program and the following results were attained: the students studying in the department of turkish education took notes using mind mapping technique and classical note taking techniques and this increased their listening – comprehension success. however, this increase was more distinctive in the group that took notes using mind mapping technique. the group using mind mapping technique was more successful than the group using classical note taking techniques in retention the text they listened to. in the experiment group that received strategic training in mind mapping technique, it was observed that the students became much more interested in the course and the course became more entertaining.