Teacher's Guide to Mind Mapping

Book - By Gideon King - Author's edition, 2007, 145 pages.

Splendid colored edition, with general educational applications, pre-classroom and classroom uses, tips for professional development and other themes, including how to construct mind maps. Some suggestions could be more specific and have also examples, but it is certainly useful. You might find the author's journey interesting (section About the Author). Available at NovaMind's on line store.

Using mind maps to develop writing

This article outlines how mind maps can be used to help support and develop students' writing skills.

Constructivism mind map

A summary of the main ideas of constructivism.

Student and Teacher Perceptions of Mind Mapping: A Middle School Case Study

Survey - Karen Goodnough and Robin Woods - Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association of 2002.

A study on the use of mind mapping as an instructional and learning tool in a sixth-grade classroom with 16 students. Students perceived mind maps as an entertaining and interesting approach and thought that mind maps enhanced their learning. Most students preferred individual mind mapping; some preferred group mind mapping. The teacher enjoyed using mind maps and thought that it fostered student motivation in learning science.