And this is the secret. It doesn't much matter if you use tables or bullet lists or mind maps or whatever makes sense to you for the particular domain, it's the fact that you are organizing the info in your own brain that matters.
From a teacher-student perspective, mind maps seem to work best if the teacher presents the student with a partially-filled mind map and lets the students fill it in.
And this is the secret. It doesn't much matter if you use tables or bullet lists or mind maps or whatever makes sense to you for the particular domain, it's the fact that you are organizing the info in your own brain that matters.
From a teacher-student perspective, mind maps seem to work best if the teacher presents the student with a partially-filled mind map and lets the students fill it in.