How can we assess mind mapping?

This is one example of an assessment I used with mind mapping. Using a self-check reminds students of the essential components of mapping and provides the scaffold needed for students still practicing the skill. I added a reflection section to promote metacognitve thinking about strategies used while reading.

How Do I Get Started Mind Mapping?

http://www.thelearningweb.net/chapter04/page164.html

What Does Mind Mapping Look Like?

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/Creative/Mindmap/myvalues.htm

Mind Mapping Related Links

http://painting.about.com/od/rightleftbrain/a/Right_Brain.htm
http://painting.about.com/library/blpaint/blrightbraintable.htm
http://www.singsurf.org/brain/rightbrain.php
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/left.html
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1892/http://brain.web-us.com/brain/LRBrain.html
http://www.george-spencer.notts.sch.uk/LeadingEdge_Website/L2L/images/LearningPower_MindMap.gif
http://www.12manage.com/images/picture_mind_mapping.jpg
http://www.buzanworld.com/mindmaps/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33PCtkSlEf4
http://www.imindmap.com/videos/
http://www.thethinkingbusiness.co.uk/mindmappingcreate.htm
http://www.thethinkingbusiness.co.uk/mindmaplawsimage.jpg
http://www.thethinkingbusiness.co.uk/mindmappingread.htm
http://www.thethinkingbusiness.co.uk/mindmappingapplications.htm
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm
http://www.peterrussell.com/MindMaps/mindmap.php
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/Creative/Mindmap/myvalues.htm
http://www.nancymargulies.com/books.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Mapping-Inner-Space-Learning-Teaching/dp/091370556X
http://www.nancymargulies.com/workshops.htm
http://www.thelearningweb.net/chapter04/page164.html
http://www.thelearningweb.net/chapter04/page165.html
http://www.thelearningweb.net/chapter04/iq_intelligence_tests_page145.html
http://www.thelearningweb.net/chapter04/page180.html

LEFT VS. RIGHT--WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?

Hemispheric Dominance Inventory Test
Click on the link to find out which side of your brain, left or right, is more dominant

http://brain.web-us.com/brain/braindominance.htm

Left Brain Right Brain Myth?

Is the brain so simple?

Follow the link and read the article to see what you think.

http://www.rense.com/general2/rb.htm

Mind Mapping Allows Kids to Practice Visualizing and Verbalizing

Mind Mapping provides students with the practice of putting pictures into words and words into pictures which helps students remember and understand more of what they are reading and learning.