7) Visual thinking
What we know about visual thinking and learning by Lynn Marentette
Key points:
Visual information is processed more quickly than text
Students write better after using visual thinking strategies
Visual thinking helps learn about complex systems
Visual diagrams and concept maps enhance problem-solving and group work
Key points:
Visual information is processed more quickly than text
Students write better after using visual thinking strategies
Visual thinking helps learn about complex systems
Visual diagrams and concept maps enhance problem-solving and group work
We need an external medium in which to see our ideas from another vantage point, and writing things down is the most effective and convenient one ever invented.
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"I had so many ideas that I simply wanted to take them out of my head and see them before me.
After that, I could see how they connected with one another and started developing an argument for my article.
I was begging for a space that could give me freedom when I needed to brainstorm and enough structure to turn those ideas into my final
The meaning of a thought, insight, or memory often isn’t immediately clear. We need to write them down, revisit them, and view them from a different perspective in order to digest what they mean to us. It is exceedingly difficult to do that within the confines of our heads.