mind map for study

1. Mind Mapping

2. Mind Mapping
• Drawings have been used for centuries to
analyze problems and map out
information
• Unless you retain and review what you
have learned, you are likely to lose 80% of
it within 24 hours.

3. What is mind mapping?
• A Mind Map is the easiest way to put
information into your brain and to take
information out of your brain-it’s a
creative and effective means of note-
taking that literally ‘maps out’ your
thoughts.

4. A Recall Strategy
• Mind Mapping trains your mind for
more efficient retention and recall.
• Mind maps are tools which help you
think and learn.
• All students have found mind maps
useful.

5. Understanding is not
recall
– Understanding something is not
sufficient to remember it.
– Thinking that you understand what you
have seen, heard, or read is different
than can actually short-circuit your
memory
– Mental associations are also necessary
for recall.
– Mind Mapping reinforces understanding
and gives a visual framework for
organizing ideas and making
associations.

6. How can mind maps help
you?
• 1. Plan
• 2. Communicate
• 3. Be more creative
• 4. Save time
• 5. Sole problems
• 6. Concentrate
• 7. Organize and clarify your thoughts
• 8. Remember better
• 9. Study faster and more effectively
• 10. See the ‘whole picture’
• 11. Save trees!

7. Compact notes improve
recall
– Learning without note taking forces you
to go back and review from scratch.
– Taking extensive notes provides too
much information and too few memory
cues.
– Mind Maps store everything you need
on one page, and encode the
information in memory-rich nuggets for
easy recall.

8. Most importantly
• Use key words, symbols, and pictures
packed with meaning and associations
that work for you.
• Weave them together by color,
positioning, outlines, or arrows
• But the most important weaving for
memory is creating mental
associations

9. Schedule your
reviews
• We remember best that which comes first
and that which comes last (serial
position).
• We remember less of what comes in
between.
• Improve recall by scheduling breaks and
review sessions.
• Take a five to ten minute break in every
hour of study to increase the frequency of
first and last impressions.

10. Review, Review
• To retain your material in long-term
memory, schedule review sessions.
• Review frequently, and the material
will be yours.
• Having your review map on one-
page makes reviewing easy and
enjoyable.

11. Memory is the art of
attention
• Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene
developing your senses
• As quoted from The Book of Genius:
– Learn to look as a child or artist looks; to
listen like a musician; to talk like a poet; to
move like an animal or a dancer; to detect
odors like a deer; and to eat and drink as if
you were a master chef.
-Become a mini-anthropologist! Do as the
Natives do!

12. Practice perfect
recall
• Memory suffers when we mentally
separate rehearsal from
performance.
• The closer you can simulate your
performance in your practice, the
more effectively you will do both.
• Only perfect practice makes perfect.

13. Mind Map Samples
• Possible Mind Map for this Lecture

14. • Possible Map to organize Essay

15. More color and Detail!

16. Mind Map for
Time
Management

17. Other strategies for Reading
• Your reading skills will improve
dramatically if you use intentional
strategies:
– Read actively
– Mark your textbook properly –but not too much! (10-
120%)
– Schedule consistent time to get class Reading done
– Read carefully
– Review your reading and noted pages periodically