Mapping offers the student a chance to organize reading, writing, thinking and speaking processes.
Using visual organizing techniques can motivate the student to interact in the learning environment in a more dynamic way. The activity can use any reading or lecture material, however, for the first time activity, the notes from the Learning Resource Center Activity will suffice. Provide the students with the following pages of mapping ideas. Each type of map represents a different type of notetaking technique. Ask the students to make a map decision based upon the topic they have chosen to research.