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Download full textMcClain, Anita – 1986
Professors need to stimulate both sides of students' brain to allow for efficient increase of information absorption. As an alternative to linear outlines, mind maps can provide for more effective comprehension as related ideas are conceptualized from the center out to supporting details, as well as from top to bottom or left to right. The mind…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Mapping, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMcClain, Anita – Journal of Optometric Education, 1987
Mind mapping, which challenges the right side of the brain, is recommended as a technique for designing classroom work and stimulating more effective and efficient comprehension. (MSE)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization, Curriculum Development
