Memory techniques · lesson 17 of 24 · free

Mind maps for memory — Memory techniques for students

A mind map puts the topic in the centre of the page, big ideas on branches and details on small twigs. For “Parts of a plant”, the branches are roots, stem, leaves and flowers; “make food using sunlight” goes on the leaves branch. Use one key word per branch, a colour for each branch and small doodles. Then test yourself: redraw the map from memory and check what you missed.

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Memory tip

See how ideas link — “a one-page picture of a whole topic”

  1. Topic in the centre → big ideas on branches → details on twigs, each detail on the branch it belongs to.
  2. Good: one key word per branch, a colour for each branch, small doodles, lines that link ideas. Poor: long sentences, all in one colour, copying a whole page.
  3. Redraw it from memory, then compare with the original and add what you missed.

Use it for: Summarising a chapter, planning an essay, revising a whole topic on one page.

Worked example: 🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make food using sunlight” go on? → leaves

  1. Ask which part of the plant does this job.
  2. Leaves make the plant’s food using sunlight, so it goes on the “leaves” branch.

Check: Try it: make a mind map of one chapter, put it away, and redraw it from memory the next day ✓

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