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Overview
Overview
Mind mapping can be an effective tool to recap or review previous learning and it also, through the process of retrieval and recall, helps learners to retain information and knowledge. By getting the information 'out' of their minds, it moves the learning to their long term memory.
Mind mapping can be an effective tool to recap or review previous learning and it also, through the process of retrieval and recall, helps learners to retain information and knowledge. By getting the information 'out' of their minds, it moves the learning to their long term memory.
Using mind mapping in this way can be done at any point during a lesson, or at any time within a sequence of lessons. It can even be used at the start of a new unit or topic to assess learners' prior knowledge of the topic before you begin to teach it.
The important thing to remember with mind mapping is that colour and images are important. The brain prefers to process colour over black and white. Colour can also be used to group similar ideas or knowledge too. Using words and images together (dual coding) also improves the efficiency of learning - especially when learning to remember!
Mind mapping is also a great tool for revision of texts and topics!
Examples
Examples
Anecdote from Kay:
Anecdote from Kay:
'I have used mind mapping in a number of ways as part of retrieval practise. When planning out my units for Geography IGCSE, I discussed with a colleague the tendency for us all to get so bogged down with 'getting through the content' that we don't spend enough time thinking about how we can ensure that learners retain the information that we are teaching them. With content heavy IGCSE curriculums this had become a common problem across the humanities department. One strategy I have been trialling with my learners this year is mind mapping at the beginning of every half term. A new mind map every term to cover the units that we had covered in the previous terms learning and so on and so forth.
I have also used mind mapping as part of a revision lesson. I have written out the key ideas for each unit on paper and asked the learners to complete a carousel, recording down what they know and understand about each of the key ideas, encouraging key words, definitions, links, examples, case studies. Each learner was given a different colour pen so I could see everyone's contribution. Once the activity had been completed we then examined it for any misconceptions or misinformation and cross referenced it against their notes to identify gaps in knowledge and understanding. '
Frayer Models
Frayer Models
These knowledge organisers are really useful for revising topics. The following website contains a number of free Maths based Frayer models.
https://www.frayer-model.co.uk/
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