
Learning Maps and Memory Skills
REVISED 2nd Edition
Ingemar Svantesson(Author)
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 7. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
111 pages
978-0-7494-4128-9 (ISBN)
Description
Are you tired of wading through pages of notes to find the information you want? Do you need to improve your creative thinking? Do you find it difficult to decipher the notes you have taken during a meeting?
Learning Maps and Memory Skills could be the answer to your problems. Learning Maps are an immensely valuable noting-taking technique that can improve your memory, save you time, and boost your creative thinking. They are also an effective means of getting organised, helping you to develop a more structured and logical approach. Learning maps are different from 'ordinary' note-taking techniques, and have been proven to bring numerous positive effects as soon as you start using them. Learning Maps are useful in all sorts of situations, including: planning and problem solving; summarising notes; remembering facts and figures; brainstorming and ideas generation; remembering key points from a meeting.
Learning Maps and Memory Skills presents a step-by-step guide to mastering the learning maps technique and how to make the most of your memory. In this handy book, Ingemar Svantesson shares simple and straightforward techniques that can help anyone dramatically improve his or her recall and note-taking. The book contains useful tips, examples and practical applications of the tools described.
This revised edition of Learning Maps and Memory Skills contains countless exercises to help you to improve recall and note taking. The book helps you to effectively monitor your progress in both learning maps and memory training, which will ultimately save you time and energy and boost your prospects.
Learning Maps and Memory Skills could be the answer to your problems. Learning Maps are an immensely valuable noting-taking technique that can improve your memory, save you time, and boost your creative thinking. They are also an effective means of getting organised, helping you to develop a more structured and logical approach. Learning maps are different from 'ordinary' note-taking techniques, and have been proven to bring numerous positive effects as soon as you start using them. Learning Maps are useful in all sorts of situations, including: planning and problem solving; summarising notes; remembering facts and figures; brainstorming and ideas generation; remembering key points from a meeting.
Learning Maps and Memory Skills presents a step-by-step guide to mastering the learning maps technique and how to make the most of your memory. In this handy book, Ingemar Svantesson shares simple and straightforward techniques that can help anyone dramatically improve his or her recall and note-taking. The book contains useful tips, examples and practical applications of the tools described.
This revised edition of Learning Maps and Memory Skills contains countless exercises to help you to improve recall and note taking. The book helps you to effectively monitor your progress in both learning maps and memory training, which will ultimately save you time and energy and boost your prospects.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
143 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7494-4128-9 (9780749441289)
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Person
Ingemar Svantesson is a leading lecturer on the theory and practice of learning maps and memory skills. Learning Maps and Memory Skills is the result of more than 1000 courses and seminars he has conducted throughout Scandinavia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. He lives and works in Sweden.
Content
Chapter - 01: what is a learning map?;
Chapter - 02: getting started;
Chapter - 03: 'ordinary' note taking;
Chapter - 04: keywords;
Chapter - 05: the human brain;
Chapter - 06: learning maps;
Chapter - 07: other people's texts;
Chapter - 08: using learning maps;
Chapter - 09: what is the memory?;
Chapter - 10: mnemonics;
Chapter - 11: learning maps applications
Chapter - 02: getting started;
Chapter - 03: 'ordinary' note taking;
Chapter - 04: keywords;
Chapter - 05: the human brain;
Chapter - 06: learning maps;
Chapter - 07: other people's texts;
Chapter - 08: using learning maps;
Chapter - 09: what is the memory?;
Chapter - 10: mnemonics;
Chapter - 11: learning maps applications
Background
How to use this book
What is a learning map?
Getting started
'Ordinary' note taking
Keywords
The human brain
Learning maps
Other people's texts
Using learning maps
What is the memory?
Mnemonics
Learning maps applications
Learning maps: summary
Select bibliography
Puzzle solution
Memory exercise
Further reading from Kogan Page