Resolution
This was harmless. But, still riding, he kicked off my bag and jumped off the bike leaving it to fall. This made me
sore. I gave in to my temper. When Matthew saw this he took off. So it was me and David Kelly to battle it out. I chased
him around and around the street. When I finally caught him I threw punches galore.
Coda
Most of them missed. Kelly managed to escape and run home. I think I was the
victor, but if I was, I don’t think it was worth it.
C. The Mind Mapping Technique
1. The Definition of Mind Mapping
To explore the effective technique for teaching reading of narrative text, this study adopted mind mapping technique developed by Tony Buzan as a tool to
represent students’ understanding of narrative text. Mind mapping is a process where the students transfer some information from what they acquired into a
visual design that consists of one main topic which has some branches that leads into some details related to the major idea.
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According to Bennett and Rolheiser, mind mapping is analytical process using creative combination of words, visuals,
colour, connector and codes involved along the process.
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But, one thing that should be remembered is that the students should avoid creating an artistic
masterpiece on a mind map they are making.
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This is applied to any mind maps which are constructed for a classroom activity like writing or reading activity in
the classroom. It is because the students have to construct a mind map quickly without pauses and editing. For example, it will time-consuming if the students
pay more attention to draw a perfect symbols or pictures instead of writing down the important information in a test about narrative text.
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Tony Buzan, Mind Maps for Kids, an Introduction —the Shortcut to Success at School,
UK: Thorsons, 2003, pp. 7 —9.
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Barrie Bennett and Carol Rolheiser, Beyond Monet: The Artful Science of Instructional Integration, Toronto: Bookation Inc., 2001, p. 289.
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Writing Centre Learning Guide of the University of Adelaide, Mind Mapping, 2014, www.adelaide.edu.auwritingcentre, p. 2.
Buzan stated that mind mapping is a graphical method of taking note which take tree branch format with idea branching into their subsections that enriched
with colours, pictures, codes, and dimension to add interest, beauty and individuality which are used as aid creativity, memory and specifically to recall
information.
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Symbols, pictures or drawings can be used to replace a word from what the students understand about narrative text that they read and put it on the
mind map. Hofland stated that only three percent of one hundred people she asked about apple said that they actually saw the word a-p-p-l-e spelled out in their
minds.
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So, the mind map can be used to recall the students understanding more quickly than looking back to the text. By looking back to the text, the students
have to re-read what they have read before, while by transforming what they have read into a mind map, they just need to take a look back to the mind map where
the information that they need are easily recognized. Mind mapping is suggested to support a deeper level of thinking with its
interrelated branching links information.
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This is because the information on every branch in mind map connected to other branches. And putting the
information in the mind map cannot be arbitrary as it can cause misinformation. Based on Siriphanich, it is a tool used to improve the quality of learning and
thinking which provides a structure showing various aspects of a story such as the sequence of events, the key points, the cause and effect, the relation of ideas and
so on.
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Moreover, the students can use it to get the deep meaning of a story.
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It comprises a network of connected and related concepts which any idea can be
connected to any other freely, because creating a mind map requires free form and
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Tony Buzan, the Mind Map Book, USA: Penguin Book Ltd, 1994, pp. 59 —60.
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Carolien Hofland, Mind Mapping in the EFL Classroom, Netherlands: Fontys Teacher Training College Sittard, 2007, p. 9.
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Genevieve Zipp and Catherine Maher, Prevalence of Mind Mapping as a Teaching and Learning Strategy in Physical Therapy Curricula, Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning,vol. 13, No. 5, 2013, p. 21.
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Panatda Siriphanich, Using Mind Mapping Technique to Improve Reading Comprehension Ability of Thai EFL University Student, Songkhla: the 2
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International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2010, p. 4.
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Ibid.
