Mind Map: A Powerful Approach to Note Taking 1 March 14
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A Powerful Approach to Note Taking
“Mind Map” is a trade mark of the Buzan Organization
How to use the tool:
Mind Mapping is an important technique that improves the way you record information, and supports and enhances your creative problem solving. By using Mind Maps, you can quickly identify and understand the structure of a subject. You can see the way that pieces of information fit together, as well as recording the raw facts contained in normal notes. More than this, Mind Maps encourage creative problem solving, as they hold information in a format that your mind finds easy to remember and quick to review.
Popularized by Tony Buzan, Mind Maps abandon the list format of conventional note taking. They do this in favor of a two-dimensional structure. A good Mind Map shows the ’shape’ of the subject, the relative importance of individual points, and the way in which facts relate to one another.
Mind Maps are more compact than conventional notes, often taking up one side of paper. This helps you to make associations easily. If you find out more information after you have drawn the main Mind Map, then you can easily integrate it with little disruption.
Mind Maps are also useful for:
- Summarizing information;
- Consolidating information from different research sources;
- Thinking through complex problems; and
- Presenting information in a format that shows the overall structure of your subject
They are very quick to review as you can often refresh information in your mind just by glancing at one. And in the same way, they can be effective mnemonics: Remembering the shape and structure of a Mind Map can give you the cues you need to remember the information within it. As such, they engage much more of your brain in the process of assimilating and connecting facts, compared with conventional notes.
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