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Lesson Plan September 8, 2021

Mind Mapping for Focusing Your Topic

Submitted by Nicole Hennig

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Short Description

Use this virtual mind-map to focus a topic and generate keywords for searching.

Learning Outcomes

Students will come up with synonyms for their topic keywords and combine them in a Boolean search.

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Yvonne Mery

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Hennig, Nicole. "Mind Mapping for Focusing Your Topic." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments). 2021. https://projectcora.org/lesson/mind-mapping-focusing-your-topic
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