Age group:
Elementary School
Middle School
High School

Type of thinker:
Visual/Spatial

How do you use this test-review method?
This is the most radical of the reviewing methods. For some students the linear and traditional methods are simply too concrete for their minds. These students may think laterally and need to see how things are interconnected in a visual representation. To use this structure, lay a piece of paper on its side. Write the theme of the class or a main topic (what is traditionally placed under a Roman numeral) in the middle of the page. Record details, ideas, and connections around the main theme. Every new theme gets a new page.

Other important information:
The mapping method is most useful for final essay exams that ask your child to synthesize the material from class, or for any essay that asks him to convey large and interconnected ideas. You can take this structure even further by having your child lay out all of his concept maps on a huge piece of butcher paper on the floor. Paste the pages down and let him go wild connecting all the ideas. He now has a visual representation of the class. This method also benefits tactile kids -- they have ?built? the class from the ground up.

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The above content was researched and written by Jonathan Mooney.