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Mind Mapping, Concept Mapping, Argument Mapping: What are the differences and Do they Matter? (Martin Davies)

Mind Mapping, Concept Mapping, Argument Mapping: What are the differences and Do they Matter? (Martin Davies)
Concept mapping, mind mapping and argumentmapping: what are the differences and do they matter? Martin Davies Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 Abstract In recent years, academics and educators have begun to use software map-ping tools for a number of education-related purposes. Typically, the tools are used tohelp impart critical and analytical skills to students, to enable students to see rela-tionships between concepts, and also as a method of assessment. Keywords Concept mapping Mind mapping Computer-aided argument mapping Critical thinking Argument Inference-making Knowledge mapping Introduction In the past 5–10 years, a variety of software packages have been developed that enable thevisual display of information, concepts and relations between ideas. M. )University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australiae-mail: wmdavies@unimelb.edu.au Related:  Self Actualisation

Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better If someone granted you one wish, what do you imagine you would want out of life that you haven’t gotten yet? For many people, it would be self-improvement and knowledge. Newcounter knowledge is the backbone of society’s progress. Great thinkers such as Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and others’ quests for knowledge have led society to many of the marvels we enjoy today. Life-changing knowledge does typically require advanced learning techniques. Health Shake a leg. Balance Sleep on it. Perspective and Focus Change your focus, part 2. Recall Techniques Listen to music. Visual Aids Every picture tells a story. Verbal and Auditory Techniques Stimulate ideas. Kinesthetic Techniques Write, don’t type. Self-Motivation Techniques Give yourself credit. Supplemental Techniques Read as much as you can. For Teachers, Tutors, and Parents Be engaging. For Students and Self-Studiers Be engaged. Parting Advice Persist. Sources For This Article Did you enjoy this article?

How to become smarter by doing less in the information age | The Uncommon Life by Kent Healy Common: Believing that focusing on detail is the only and best path to success. Uncommon: Let’s be honest: Most things studied in college are quickly forgotten. I believe this is partly due to the sheer number of concepts addressed per class, per semester. In my experience, the emphasis is often on breadth versus depth. This poses a challenge to students studying for comprehensive tests. But I didn’t have the “luxury” of making the library my second home to spend hours on rote memorization. The eclipsing effect of detail: Traditional college advice places an extremely high level of importance on detail, but this train of thought can be a hindrance, at times resulting in increased stress and workload. An extreme focus on detail limits one’s ability to grasp the larger picture, which is critical to knowing what details to focus on. Even though it may seem like some tests include everything covered during the semester, 99% of tests do not. Selective learning: Context means clarity: Not so.

WannaLearn.com Brainwave entrainment Brainwave Entrainment is any practice that aims to cause brainwave frequencies to fall into step with a periodic stimulus having a frequency corresponding to the intended brain-state (for example, to induce sleep), usually attempted with the use of specialized software. It purportedly depends upon a "frequency following" response on the assumption that the human brain has a tendency to change its dominant EEG frequency towards the frequency of a dominant external stimulus.[citation needed] Such a stimulus is often aural, as in the case of binaural or monaural beats and isochronic tones, or else visual, as with a dreamachine, a combination of the two with a mind machine, or even electromagnetic radiation. Hemispheric Synchronization, a potential and generally desired result of brainwave entrainment, refers to a state when the brainwave pattern of the right and left hemispheres become alike. History[edit] Aural entrainment[edit] Binaural beats[edit] Binaural beats Monaural beats[edit]

Mind Tools Dreyfus model of skill acquisition In the fields of education and operations research, the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition is a model of how students acquire skills through formal instruction and practicing. Brothers Stuart and Hubert Dreyfus proposed the model in 1980 in an influential, 18-page report on their research at the University of California, Berkeley, Operations Research Center for the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research.[1] The original model proposes that a student passes through five distinct stages: novice, competence, proficiency, expertise, and mastery. The original five-stage model[edit] Michael Eraut summarized the five stages of increasing skill as follows:[2] Instead the original Dreyfus model is based on four binary qualities: Recollection (non-situational or situational)Recognition (decomposed or holistic)Decision (analytical or intuitive)Awareness (monitoring or absorbed) This leads to five roles: 1. Example uses of the model[edit] Criticism of the model[edit] See also[edit]

Intro | Cyborganize Are you sick of running around with too many things in your head? Do you want a way to automatically process information to find your next action? Cyborganize does all that, plus more. It makes thinking and writing automatic. It breaks down complex problems into easy steps. It stimulates your creativity, narrows your focus, and makes work fun. What is it? Cyborganize is a personal info management and productivity system. Cyborganize reduces mental resistance to zero. Cyborganize is the result of many years of experimentation with personal productivity systems. Fortunately, Cyborganize allowed me to cure my chronic fatigue via self-experimentation. Why it’s different Cyborganize is a next-generation productivity system. Like GTD, Cyborganize manages your tasks and related info. Cyborganize is not a list of the “best” software. In my opinion, that’s what’s wrong with today’s personal productivity movement. Cyborganize does both. Why is it so specific? Cyborganize is not “done”.

21 Rules That Men Have. Number 7 Is So True. 10) You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself. 11) Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to during commercials. 12) Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we… 13) All men see in only 16 colours. 14) If ask what is wrong and you say ‘Nothing’, we act like nothing’s wrong. 15) If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to, expect an answer you don’t want to hear... 16) When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine... really. 17) Don’t ask us what we’re thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as football or motor sports. 18) You have enough clothes. 19) You have too many shoes. 20) I am in shape, round is a shape! 21) Thank you for reading this, yes I know, I’m sleeping on the couch tonight… but did you know men don’t really mind that? Enjoyed this list?

The New Leadership is Horizontal, Not Vertical Several decades ago, when “leadership” became a Big Thing, it was heavily personality-based. It posited Leadership as something done by Leaders, who had learned the art of how to Lead. As a consultant friend of mine, Renee Wingo, put it, “It’s a subject whose proponents can’t figure out whether it’s a noun, a verb, or a gerund.” Leaders were thought of as those who were followed by others. This dichotomy fed the idea that there are two kinds of people in this world – those who lead, and those who follow. Finally, this distinction between leaders and followers fed a natural assumption that those roles were vertically related within an organization. Warren Bennis was (and still is) the [leading] guru of leadership. Leadership development, in this personality-based view of the subject, was something that companies offered to elite groups – those with “high potential,” who had the inner capabilities to become leaders of others. Away from Personality-based Leadership

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