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Mind mapping is an effective technique
that improves the way we take notes; it
supports and enhances our problem-solving skills. Mind maps can be used
effectively to understand the structure of a subject and
the way different informations are interlinked. It
helps us recollect and remember information easily
and facilitates quick review. This technique can
be used by students more specifically, to take notes
in class and remember difficult points and solve complex problems.
Tony Buzan developed mind maps in the late 60s to help students take notes that using
only keywords and images. Usage of images helped
in quick remembering and reviewing. During
mid-70s, Peter Russell joined Tony Buzan and together they taught mind mapping skills
in number of multinational corporations and educational institutions.
It is very simple to refresh information by looking at mind maps. If you can remember
the shape and structure of it, it becomes very easy
to retrieve information. It is definitely a better way
to note making than conventional notes.
A mind map consists of a central word or topic.
Around the central word you draw the main ideas that relate to the topic. In this process number
of related ideas can evolve without any mental efforts. If the brain is to relate to information
most efficiently, information must be provided in such
a manner that it is absorbed and retained as
quickly and easily as possible.
Generally, the brain works with key concepts in interlinked and integrated manners. Instead
of making linear notes like starting from the top of
a page and working down in sentences, in mind mapping you start from the center or the
core concept and branch out to other interrelated ideas. |
