The effectiveness of Using Concepts Maps strategies in the development of reading and writing skills in English among the basic education students in Jordan

Abstract
The present study aimed at developing the the seventh grade female students' English reading and writing  through the use of a proposed program based on Concepts Maps . The study adopted the quasi-experimental pre-post test control/experimental group  design. The study sample consisted of 50 students at the seventh grade  in public schools ,in Karak governorate. and was equally divided into two group: an experimental group  and a control one. Students of the experimental group  received training through the proposed program based on  Concepts Maps  (Knowledge Navigation), while students in the control group received regular instructions, Tools  of the study including reading skills checklist, writing skills checklist, a pre-post-reading and writing skills test a scoring  rubric and a program satisfaction questionnaire. The study results revealed that there were statistically significant differences at 0.01 level between the mean scores of the  control and the experimental group s on the post test in favour of the experimental group  in overall reading and writing skills as well as in each reading and writing sub-skill. There were also statistically significant differences at 0.01 level between the mean scores of the experimental group  in the pre-administration and post- administration of the reading and writing skills test in favour of the post- administration in overall reading and writing  as well as in each reading and writing sub-skill