Mind MappingWilliam Reed (2005)

Mind MappingDrawings 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.

Students at a leading university who received an A on the final exam were given the same exam a month later.

None of them passed it, proving thatthe final exam was final indeed.

What is mind mapping?The need for learning doesnt stop at graduation.

Unless you train your memory it is likely to get worse over time, not better.

Retention is the art of storing new information or skills.

Recall is the art of retrieving it when you need it.

A Recall StrategyMind Mapping trains your mind for more efficient retention and recall.

Mind maps are tools which help you think and learn.

University students have found mind maps useful.

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.

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.

Most importantlyUse 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

Schedule your reviewsWe 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.

Review, ReviewTo 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.

Memory is the art of attentionTony 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!

Practice perfect recallMemory 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.

Mind Map SamplesPossible Mind Map for this Lecture

Possible Map to organize Essay MT

More color and Detail!

Donnas Mind Map for Fem Theory Book

Other strategies for ReadingYour 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

Stickies & Highlighters!

Web Stickies?

AssignmentIn groups create a Mind Map of your current book or Notes from class

Use visuals in the form of a map to show main ideas and sub topic ideas

Resources

1. Use Your Head, by Tony Buzan, part of the BBC Mind Set Series, is the classicbook for learning how your brain is better than you think, improving your reading,memory, and study methods, from the originator of Mind Mapping. Visit:http://www.buzancentres.com

2. The Brain Book, by Peter Russell, is a superb introduction to the facts and theorieswhich support Mind Mapping as the most effective tool to support memory,note taking, reading, and learning. For a brief history of how memory techniquesin history developed into the technique of Mind Mapping,

visit: http://www.mind-map.com/EN/mindmaps/history/memory_techniques.html William Reed, Buzan Mind Mapping Instructor mailto:info@b-smart.net http://www.b-smart.net 2005, William Reed B-SMART Systems Tamura Bldg. 6F 4-23-17Higashi Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0013 JAPANTel: +81 (3)-5953-8816 Fax: +81 (3)-5953-8862Mind Maps are a Registered Trademark of the Buzan Organization, used here with enthusiastic permission.Mind Mapping STRATEGIES Jan 2005 Making the most of your memory

One of the challenges of learning is realizing that understanding something is not sufficient to remember it. Thinking that you understand what you have seen, heard, or read can actually short-circuit your memory, if you neglect to create mental associations necessary for recall. Mind Mapping also reinforces your understanding, giving you a visual framework on which to organize and associate ideas.

Extensive research on memory and recall has established that we remember best that which comes first and that which comes last. You can improve your 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.

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