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Mind Mapping: Survival Guide

Mind mapping is a technique for organizing ideas and information in a visual manner. It involves placing a central concept or idea and radiating associated words, images, and concepts around it through the use of lines and connections. Mind maps can help generate ideas, plan projects, and make connections between related and unrelated information. Key tips for creating effective mind maps include starting with a central concept, using images and colors, and developing relationships between ideas through words and arrows. Mind maps stimulate creativity and are particularly useful for visual learners.

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Mind Mapping: Survival Guide

Mind mapping is a technique for organizing ideas and information in a visual manner. It involves placing a central concept or idea and radiating associated words, images, and concepts around it through the use of lines and connections. Mind maps can help generate ideas, plan projects, and make connections between related and unrelated information. Key tips for creating effective mind maps include starting with a central concept, using images and colors, and developing relationships between ideas through words and arrows. Mind maps stimulate creativity and are particularly useful for visual learners.

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Survival Guide

MIND MAPPING

Mind mapping or concept mapping is a More tips:


technique for generating and organising
 Look for relationships. Link ideas/words/
ideas, as well as for planning projects,
images with lines and arrows.
research and assignments.
 Start all connecting lines from the central
Mind/concept maps can also help you word/image.
make connections between ideas and  Include all your ideas at first. You can
link what at first might seem unrelated edit them later.
bits of information.
 Use at least 3 colours.
Tips for creating a mind map:  USE UPPERCASE for key words.
 Use a large piece of paper. Landscape  Use lower case for supporting ideas.
format is best.
 Develop your own colour code and style.
 Place a word or an image to represent
the main concept at the centre.
Mind maps stimulate your creativity.
 Write or draw all the information you They are particularly useful for visual
can come up with about your topic or
learners.
main concept.
 Use a different shape or colour for each Did you know?
key concept/word/image.  Mind maps work best when they are
unique and personal to you.


advantages disadvantages

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risks

Thinking and notes 2


Uses Advantages:

As the mind/concept map below shows, 1. Looking for key concepts ‘forces’ you
they can be used for a variety of academic to think clearly and to be precise.
purposes.
2. Links between ideas, concepts and
other information can be clearly
marked.
3. Mind maps can help you structure your
assignments and organise your ideas.
4. Adding new information is easy (very
handy for note-taking and all open-
ended tasks/thinking)
5. Using SYMBOLS, colours, images,

arrows
boxes etc. can help you
recall information under exam
stress.
6. Mind mapping helps free writer’s block
Mind/concept maps: and stimulates the flow of ideas.

 are an effective way to condense

lecture notes,
Want to know more?
 provide easily accessible overviews of Tony Buzan made mind mapping popular
information, texts, projects, and and it is now used all over the world in
universities, schools and businesses.
 are FUN to create.

http://www.tonybuzan.com/

TIP: You can probably think of many TIP: Free mind mapping software is
more ways to use them beyond their available on the internet.
use at university.

Like this Survival Guide? Why not check out more of our guides…
Critical Thinking, Read Effectively, Writing Critically, Notetaking.

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