Mind mapping

Challenge

Mind mapping is a great tool as I am a student. As a student we have  to cram a lot of things. As a student, knowing how to use mind maps  can almost feel like cheating. Once you’ve learned how to create  mind maps, you’ll be amazed at how much faster you’ll memorize  information and how easy it can be to write essays, create engaging  presentations, and many more. A mind map is a diagram that  displays information visually.  So the main problem or challenge I was  facing was that I was not able to sum up all the things, as it was not  organised properly.

Selection

Compared to traditional linear notes, studying using flashcards, or  brainstorming with bullet points and outlines, mind maps have a lot  of advantages. Here are just a few of the reasons why mind maps are  so effective like - A mind map’s radiant structure directly  corresponds to the way our brains store and retrieve information .A  mind map conveys the hierarchy and relationships between  individual ideas and enables you to see the big picture .A mind map  makes use of mental triggers (such as pictures, colours, and  connections) to help your brain memorize things more easily. The  best part: mind mapping doesn’t feel like work. It’s those properties  that make mind maps such a great learning tool. And what’s more,  they can be created and used by absolutely anyone.

Application

Mind maps are one of the most helpful tools. Specially for a student  like me. I am actually not very good at making a beautiful mind map  (Because my handwriting sucks and I am very bad at drawing). I  made a hybrid of mind maps and concept maps that just works for  me.  It’s not that effective with raw formulas but seeing all of them,  their use differences helps. I once had a subject Called

Electromagnetic field theory. I had a lot of formulas to remember  and know where to use them I created this mind map and I actually  helped me a lot in my exams. Also, I have to learn about all the  groups and the column of the Modern periodic table. So, it was very  difficult to learn as there are 120 elements in it. So, I created various  phrases to learn the element in those phrases the first word of every  element was used and it helped me a lot in making the whole  periodic table diagram in my mind.

Insight & Approach

Hopefully I was able to score good in my exams just because I did a  lot of revision again and again. But in some problems in which I was  asked to draw the diagram of a particular thing. I came to know  various facts about mind mapping like mind maps can become too  big if you’re not able to structure well and pick the right keywords.  As a result, a big mind map is often hard to understand for the  majority of people. I was lucky as my mind maps were well organised  this time. It will cost some time, experience and discipline to become  a good mind mapping.

I used mind mapping only to memorise my text books but now I  know that this tool can be used in various places like Organizing  Ideas, Brainstorming Sessions, Attractive Presentations, Simplify  Complex Ideas, Case Study, Problem Solving, Project Management. In  my future too I will use the mind mapping as an approach to solve  complex problems.

