Mind Mapping for studying and learning

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Susanna Cartersusanna.carter@unisa.edu.au

AcknowledgementsThe work presented here is take from the

research and publications of Tony Buzan who pioneered the use of mind mapping in universities starting in the1970s.

If you want to review his work his best books are:

Buzan T 2003, Use Your Head, BBC Worldwide Limited, London.

Buzan T 2006, the ultimate book of mind maps, Thorsons, London.

See Tony Buzan talk about mind maps on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlabrWv25qQ

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What is a mind map?

A mind map is a tool that allows you to put information into your brain and retrieve that information from your brain when you need it.

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How best to record your knowledge?

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First choose a central image to represent ‘fruit’

• How about a basket with the word fruit written on it?

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Divide your acquired knowledge of fruit into its main categories

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Name those categories

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You are now able to subdivide these categories further

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Add labels to these sub categories

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A Picture is worth a 1,000 words

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All mind maps have some things in common

• Colour• A central image• Structure that radiates from the centre• Curved lines• Symbols, words, images – using brain friendly rules• They mirror your brain’s natural way of doing things.

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Mind maps unleash creativity

The fruit mind map: start with one idea and end up with 15 new Ideas …Exponentially(Buzan, T 2005, mind map handbook, Thorsons, London pp. 48 -49)

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Neurons: Building Blocks of the Brain

• There are an estimated 150 – 200 billion neurons and their connections within the brain which transmit information through the brain by means of chemical signals called neurotransmitters.

• 100,000 – 1,000,000 chemical reactions take place every minute.

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The Brain

Mind maps mirror and stimulate brain function

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How do mind maps work?

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How do mind maps work?

• left and right brain• key words • colour and image• clearly marked labels and interconnections• association and creative thought• ‘deep learning’• power of your whole brain (Buzan 2003, The Speed Reading Book, ,BBC Worldwide Limited, London p.

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• integrated map of the intellectual territory (Buzan 2003, The Speed Reading Book, BBC Worldwide Limited, London p. 147)

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22Image reproduced by kind permission of Garry Hayes: virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/ghayes/images/DSC04…

Image reproduced with kind permission of Keegan, G n.d. Psychoanalytic mind map , Gerard Keegan and His Psychology Site , viewed Dec. 7th 2007,

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Bloom’s taxonomy

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Mind maps and learning

• 'Mind mapping is a strategy that can be used to encourage ‘deep’ rather than ‘surface’ learning (Biggs & Telfer 1987; Marton & Saljo 1976)

• Mind maps encourage higher order thinking skills

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Student responses

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Taking notes puts you to sleep

Does this picture remind you of any one you know?

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Key Words

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The Key Word

Students will find more on Mind Mapping(R) and Study Skills in..... The Buzan Study Skills Handbook - The Shortcut to Success in yourStudies with Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Winning Memory Techniques,Tony Buzan Dec 2006ISBN13: 9781406612073, See also Tony Buzan's website: www.buzanworld.com

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A key word is radiant

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Compare

• The text ‘Baby Brain’ - 950 words • The ‘traditional’ notes - 385 words• Mind map – 95 words

Which technique is going to stimulate memory and recall?

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Your own mind map

• Read the article• Mind map the content of the article• What did you find different about this process

compared to taking notes?

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Foetal cells mind map

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Students’ mind maps

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45Images reproduced with kind permission of students of UniSA

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Images reproduced with kind permission of students of UniSA

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Images reproduced with kind permission of students of UniSA

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Master mind map

Track your research with a mind map – link it to your expanding body of knowledge

Keep it for your on going studyUse it as a tool for life long learningThe rewards will be great as you will

assimilate what you learn and it will become part of a body of knowledge which is truly your own.

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If you don’t try it in within the next 48 hours...

… you probably never will.Image: Microsoft Clipart