A free sharing of ideas evolving around a single idea or a cluster of ideas that are visually represented in a circular form evolving outward into larger domains as ideas or words are multiplied and given by the group.
Closely related to concept mapping, mind mapping is a technique for representing related ideas which radiate out from the one central idea. Mind mapping is a useful tool for students to share prior knowledge, to establish connections between ideas and to list ideas quickly without judgment.
A knowledge organization tool used to elicit ideas from one or more users by placing a topic in the center of a black space and branching out with related ideas.
A way of recording ideas and the links between them as they arise. Sometimes known as spidergraphs. It enables learners to capture and organise what they want to write before thinking in detail about how they need to write it.
Technique invented by Tony Buzan following research on note taking procedures which proved that if a learner writes down own key words then retention was maximized.
Mind mapping is a way of representing ideas and information visually where links between ideas are represented by branching lines. Similar to concept mapping. Back to the top