Who knew there were so many ways to take notes! When I was in high school I only knew of one way, copy them straight from the board or the overhead projector. Note taking is a skill that I wish I would have learned early in my education because when I got to junior college I was constantly lost in lectures. The only way I knew how to take notes was to write down every thing that I heard; usually about ten minutes in I was so behind that I just gave up. However, that did help me develop very good listening skills since that was the only way that I could retain the information from the lectures. I still don’t know how to take notes properly. This is a topic that I am excited about learning since I can’t teach my students something that I don’t know anything about. It seems complicated on the surface, but once I really read in depth all of the information it definitely seems like a skill that would be useful. Now all I have to do is try it out for myself.
I am a master at “note making”. I can write more things on written text than the text itself. I like to make notes to look back at to remind me of my thought process when I was initially reading it. When I get through, no one else may be able to read it, but I will know it backwards and forwards. This is a skill that I also believe is important. If a reader needs to skim back over an article or something information is a lot easier to find if it’s highlighted, circled, or underlined according to big ideas or main points. It is more efficient than having to reread the entire article.
This chapter was very helpful to me
Q: When should you introduce note taking/making to students? Grade/Age
How do you determine which style is most efficient for students?
Super thoughtful post, Brittany
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