Show them the money: Using mind mapping in the introductory finance course

In this paper, we offer an innovative teaching tool for finance instruction, mind mapping, which visually depicts concepts and their interrelationships in a nonhnear way. We review the considerable literature on the pedagogical benefits of graphics, describe how to design a mind map, recommend how t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of financial education 2006-01, Vol.32 (3), p.72-86
Hauptverfasser: Biktimirov, Ernest N, Nilson, Linda B
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper, we offer an innovative teaching tool for finance instruction, mind mapping, which visually depicts concepts and their interrelationships in a nonhnear way. We review the considerable literature on the pedagogical benefits of graphics, describe how to design a mind map, recommend how to introduce students to mind mapping, and present examples of mind maps for introductory finance. The appendix provides information on commercial mind mapping software.
ISSN:0093-3961
2332-421X