Promoting meaningful learning is one of the main objective of education and an important factor in promoting students̛ creative thinking, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities in learners.
Due to development of educational system and importance in the nursing profession, the necessity of using appropriate instructional methods for new theoretical and procedural skills is clear.
The concept mapping is a method for facilitating thinking, teaching, learning and assessment.The present investigators aimed to evaluate and compare learning and satisfaction in two groups, using(concept-mapping that prepared by student) or not using it(traditional). we used a quasi-experimental study on two groups with post test design(Learning, satisfaction), 70 first semester nursing students were selected through convenience sampling and then randomly divided into two groups(experimental and control). The control and experimental group received education for 8 sessions during 2month, either concept mapping or lecturing method, respectively. the teaching schedule comprised 8 sessions of practical fundamental of nursing concerning: Subcutaneous injection, dermal injection, blood pressure measurement, tracheostomy care, change dressing, gavage and lavage, oxygen therapy and canulation set change, then, used a post test at the end of fourth week of teaching for learning (by direct observational procedural skills:Dops test) and for Satisfaction(questionnaire), respectively. The data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software (Version 22).