Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Mindmap vs. Linear

I'm not trying to slam mindmapping. I have used it to take notes in class for the past few years and it has worked very well.

I'm wondering, however, if anyone else ever comes accross readings or other types of material that is simply easier to take linear notes on. There's just some stuff out there that's so condensed already that mindmapping is a pain.

SP

I have the same question.

In some classes, MM is great, but in other classes (math, for example) it is easier for me to use a combination of MMing AND modified outling, depending on the information:

Word/ theme on lefthand sde of paper and Answer on the righthand side or visa vesa depending on how you want to modify outline in a question/answer game or not.

Also you can combine MMing and Modified Outling.

At the college I attended, the professors did both the MMing and Modified Outling.

Hope this helps.

[This message has been edited by jonah (edited May 06, 2002).]

I find myself putting things into linear form sometime just to bring the MM together.. in order to be able to explain it to others for example. Expecially with text of instruction where this comes first, then this, then that. I allow a mind map to broarden each of the steps but sometimes its not the details that I need to know its the order so bulleted list come in handy.

Linear form is still valid thats how we usually communicate. Use whatever form you you think is suited to the material... sometimes just a one line comment is enough to bring up all the details.

Alex