心智圖－－一種促進學生學習策略的新工具

Mind Mapping: A New Tool for Enhancing Student Learning Strategy

因應教育快速的變化與改革，學習者面臨許多的挑戰，學會學習技巧及學會如何思考是很重要的課題；心智圖之運用可以幫助學生發揮全腦創意思考及問題解決能力，是一視覺化或圖像化之思考方式，本文將介紹心智圖之基本概念、放射性思考（radiant thinking）、心智圖之方法、使用規則及心智圖之應用，最後筆者將舉例分享運用於課程之經驗，以增進大家對心智圖之了解與認識。

With the rapid pace of development and reform in education learners face many challenges. Learning how to acquire skills and how to think are very important issues. The application of mind mapping can help students to enhance the creative thinking and problem-solving abilities of the whole brain. In other words, mind-mapping is a visual or pictorial thinking method. This paper introduces the basic concept of mind-mapping, radiant thinking, the methods of mind-mapping, its rules of application, and examples of such application, to improve understanding and knowledge about mind-mapping.