Lesson 3: Mind Map

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Who say studying must be boring?

A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea.

Wikipedia

I believe people are successful when they are being the best that they can be. An athlete is said to be successful when they win the most prestigious awards. A successful entrepreneur is one who brought positive changes to the society, usually with a business which produces quality products and services.

So, how about a student? If we are staying in school, we seek to score good marks during exam. Therefore, we need to find the way we learn best. To be able to understand and memorize better, we will need to engage all your senses.

Hence, a mind map will be a great alternative. Instead of reading only words, try to summarize what we read into charts or graphics. Repeat drawing the same picture a few times and definitely, we should remember it for quite some time. Remember, graphics do help us to understand and remember better.

The logical mind map that I did during class. It is about 7 tips to fight against bookworms.

I always find it helpful to summarize the whole chapter in a single page of A4 paper. This has many uses, first it makes you feel secure knowing that chapter isn't that much after all. Second, you do not have time to read the whole chapter when exam is 24 hours away.

Make it a point to summarize everything in the form of pictures, you will remember much better. Summarizing the chapter in a limited space requires some skill. To develop this skill, I recommend you practice often.

Think out of box, you may gain something.

Understand, do not memorize.

Let me get this straight, I am really against memorizing just for exams, or even worst memorizing the whole speech for presentation. Instead of memorizing, find out why is it so. Understand why is the real learning process, and it is more fun than memorizing.

In mind mapping, you have to think out of box to gain more and more ideas. If you fail to do so, you are being trapped in your mindset.

"Mind maps provide an effective study technique when applied to written material. However before mind maps are generally adopted as a study technique, consideration has to be given towards ways of improving motivation amongst users."

Farrand, Hussain, and Hennessy (2002)

Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map
http://heidycs.blogspot.com/
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