Abstract
Mind map is used as an effective tool for teaching-learning in the classroom. With the growing demand of shifting from teacher-centric to learner -centric classroom, mind map is looked at as an active learning module to tap lateral thinking of students. It helps them to record notes in a non-linear way and promotes out-of-the-box thinking. Hence, mind maps are a popular tool to structure and visualize information. It is an activist learning method for capturing ideas on a horizontal surface. It is a graphical way to represent large information into a useful knowledge base and also helps in connecting the knowledge base with real time scenario. This facilitates the students to build better and new ideas. This paper aims at bringing out the learning experiences of students using mind map in recalling technical concepts in the course Materials and Metallurgy. A questionnaire was administered to find out the various learning experiences of third year Mechanical students of this course. Findings showed that there was a significant positive difference in student's academic achievement and attitude towards learning the subject through mind mapping.