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A mindmap can be a great helper for organizing and controlling the learning process.

This method makes it possible to draw up an individual study plan and schedule down to the smallest detail. This is very convenient, because having such a planner card, you will not have to remember every time what tasks are ahead of you and what are the deadlines for their completion.

Also, with its help, during the educational process, it will be faster and easier to find out which tasks you can perform, roughly speaking, here and now (you feel that you have the time, internal resources, and most importantly, the desire) for it, and which ones – on the contrary – temporarily put away, but here it is important not to forget about them and return to them in time. Such a conscientious approach to studying throughout the year = good results on the exam.

A mindmap is one of the best brainstorming tools.

The point is that this method is quite effective when you quickly and urgently need to generate some original idea, show your creativity while taking an exam or preparing for it. Creating mind maps and brainstorming are closely related techniques that can complement each other in the process of generating ideas. Brainstorming is a technique used to generate many ideas in a short period of time, while mind mapping is a technique used to visually organize and structure those ideas.

A mindmap for memorizing information.

Mind maps can help you remember large amounts of information by visualizing it. Instead of a bunch of pages of “dry” text, you’ll have key information written concisely in an order convenient for you. As well as pictures, diagrams, emoticons, symbols: all this will help your brain to remember details or additional, less important information on an associative-visual level.

With a mindmap, it is much easier to break down complex information into simpler ones.

If, during your studies, you have difficulty understanding certain topics or their individual aspects (which can prevent you from doing well on exams), this technique will help you explain complex things to yourself in simple words and put everything on the shelves.

With mind maps, you save time.

Due to the fact that you do not need to store your notes, stories, etc. in different notebooks, files and documents. When all the information is in front of you at once, it eliminates the risk of losing important materials while preparing for the exam, as well as spending such a precious resource as time searching for them.