Thinking Maps (i-Think)

There are 8 types of thinking maps:

1. Circle Maps
- Circle maps help people brainstorm and list everything they know about a particular thing or idea so you can explore a subject.

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2. Bubble Map
- Helps people list down key adjectives (qualities, properties or attributes) about a particular thing or idea so you can describe and understand it better.

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3. Double Bubble Map

- Compare and contrasting

- helps people list down similarities or differences between two things or ideas so you can differentiate the two by comparing and contrasting.

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4. Tree Maps

- Help people organize information into different groups so you can understand the big picture in a comprehensive way.

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5. Brace Maps

- Whole- Part relationships

- Help people break things apart so you can understand how things work.

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6. Flow Maps

- Sequencing

- helps people list down the things involve in a process so you know what needs to be done to achieve something.

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7. Multi Flow Map
- Cause and Effect
- Help people map the cause and effect of an event so you can understand the result of actions and how they can be changed.

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8. Bridge Map
- Seeing Analogies
- Let people list down several pairs of items that relate to each other. So you can understand things in the world that have similar relationships (analogies).

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