Draw lines radiating from the main theme to create a second layer of related thoughts. If you’re writing a paper, begin with the main theme in the center of the page, boxed or circled and represented by a picture or key word. The BasicsĪt its simplest, a mind map is a series of ideas connected to a central theme.
Mind-mapping brings order to your thoughts, and invites a free flow of ideas, encouraging creativity. Using key words, colors, arrows, symbols, and icons to create a map, or elaborate diagram, you can see how one idea relates to another. For students with ADHD who take notes with zeal, but find it difficult to pick out the important points, or organize thoughts into an A-B-C order outline, mind-mapping can help.Ī mind map is a tool for taking notes, organizing ideas, structuring papers, getting homework done, and studying for exams.
We learn best visually we need to see things in order to understand them. Faced with a term paper, students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or learning disabled (LD) students often approach the topic in concepts, images, or networks of connected ideas.
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