One of the things the constructivists got right was their description of the utility of things like schemas and maps to make content domains more accessible to learners. This study (14 page PDF) underlines the usefulness of mind maps in this regard. It should be subject to the usual caveats about study size - let's not generalize from 33 students - but it's useful to see the application of mind maps in an Indonesian context. That said, the authors argue that "the mind mapping applied in the syntax of learning models can improve the metacognitive skills of students as science teacher candidates."
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