By making schemas, you can present information in an organized manner, which helps you understand how it is connected and remember it better. A well-known example is a 'concept map': a schema where you indicate the relationships between different concepts or topics using lines. All blocks can be connected to each other. For example, you can connect all the important concepts from a chapter by asking the question: “What is related to what?” In the schema, you can also use colors and icons to make everything even clearer. Visualizing (schematizing) what you learn helps to remember things better, see connections more clearly, pay attention to sequence, and analyze new content. You can also use other types of schemas (see image next to this). Think, for example, of: • Drawing differences between things • Displaying different steps of something • Drawing a cycle
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