文档介绍：TAKING NOTES WITH MIND MAPS
Problems With Conventional Notes
· When you note a lecture, you can't keep up. Inevitably, information is left out and
lost.
· If you write quickly, the lecture es an exercise in taking dictation, not making
sense of what’s said.
· If you do write masses of notes, you make a mountain of paper to revise afterwards.
· Later, how can you identify important ideas in this mass of paper?
· If something es clear later, how can you add information in the right place?
· If you have these problems, maybe you need Mind Maps.
Analogy
We've all experienced not being able to follow directions to a place. We can see clearly around us but
we’re still lost. What we need is a map. Maps give us a picture of where to go - not "first left then third
turning on the right". They show and explain the surroundings or context where we find ourselves.
We can only follow written directions when we're on the described route. We can use a map even when
we're starting from somewhere else. This is because it shows us the whole geography, the relationship
between places, not just the "one route to one destination’ which directions describe. Conventional
notes are like written directions. Like other maps, mind maps give an overall picture and show
connections.
What Is Mind Mapping?
1. Mind maps are a diagrammatic way of recording information that's