When mapping, learners break apart complex information into key concepts, which they then place into a map where all of the listed concepts are connected. Mind maps are visual maps of information where associated concepts (subtopics) branch out of a central topic. Here’s a summary diagram of CRM (click diagram for interactive version): It’s a method used by students and teachers to construct meaning from narrative and informational text and then sustain and refine those understandings. Helping students learn meaningfully is a teacher’s most important goal, as it is a process students will use to facilitate their lifelong learning.ĬRM is a reading method that aids reading comprehension using mind maps and the 8 comprehension strategies. Reading comprehension is essential to student success, not just in the context of school and exams, but, more importantly, for lifelong success. Reading requires critical thinking and critical literacy skills, such as reflecting on what you’re reading and making connections between what you’re reading and what you know and feel, especially as the text gets more complex. The meaning comes from relating what the author is trying to communicate with our knowledge, experience, perspective, and purpose in reading. Reading is a complex, interactive, personal thinking process that involves making meaning from what we read. To do any of those, we need to comprehend what we read. We read to get information and ideas, to enjoy stories, and to attain new knowledge. It can be a catalyst for the use of mind maps and comprehension strategies and a complement to instructional techniques already in use.
The book is intended to be used in conjunction with other literacy instruction programs. Mind Mapping for Kids helps elementary school students - even those in kindergarten - develop higher-level thinking and improve their reading comprehension using mind maps and the 8 reading comprehension strategies. Research supports that as early as in kindergarten, students can start effectively using comprehension strategies, reading informational texts, and understanding what they’re reading. We absolutely CAN teach elementary school students to read for comprehension. When should students start reading informational texts? How early can we start teaching students comprehension strategies? Can we teach elementary school students to
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