Monday, January 23, 2012

Tumblr professors/grad students/teachers, I need your help.

lhuddles:

girlwithalessonplan:

thedisgruntledgradstudent:

orangutanne:

I’ve been asked to devise a way to teach/grade my students on how to take notes in class, because apparently this is not something many upper-level undergraduates know how to do anymore. I have no idea how to teach or do this - I just have always taken notes in a way that makes sense to me but not necessarily to anyone else.

Does anyone have ideas?

Any ideas, anyone? I’m baffled.

Try Cornell Notes:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Notes

What about modeling a few different ways to take notes, lecture/teach a class, and then have an open note quiz/test on them? That way students must take notes, but they have a choice as to how works best for each.

I’m a college freshman (Spanish Ed. major), but my sophomore year of high school, my Honors Chemistry teacher actually gave us a lesson (more like advice) on taking notes. She actually encouraged us to devise our own shorthand system using abbreviations that perhaps don’t make much sense to other people but work for you (e.g. I use “fxns” for “functions” in math and I often write the first few letters of words followed by a period, like “lin. prog.” for “linear programming”) and to not worry about copying every single word down verbatim.

I like what lhuddles said, though—maybe show them a few common note-taking methods so they can choose which would work best for them, or so they can mix and match styles on their own.

Posted at 10:43 PM 139 notes Reblogged from lhuddles

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  1. anoddhue reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan
  2. niamar reblogged this from lhuddles and added:
    Personally it depends on the teacher. I have...certain professor whose train of thought is...
  3. vidadeprofessor reblogged this from orangutanne
  4. thearcanetheory reblogged this from thedisgruntledgradstudent and added:
    I generally write down any and all points I find relative. I usually date my notes at the beginning of each class...
  5. barryroxmisox reblogged this from lhuddles and added:
    I’m a college freshman (Spanish Ed. major), but my sophomore year of high school, my Honors Chemistry teacher actually...
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  7. lhuddles reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan and added:
    What about modeling a few different ways to take notes, lecture/teach a class, and then have an open note quiz/test on...
  8. eloquentpie reblogged this from bbc03indisguise
  9. the-albemarle reblogged this from thedisgruntledgradstudent and added:
    Dartmouth has handouts, videos, and links to other resources about note-taking in class here.
  10. mrsmillerthesub reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan and added:
    Cornell is great, also the SQ3R method: http://www.studygs.net/texred2.htm For the actual taking of notes, I recommend...
  11. compositional reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan and added:
    I enthusiastically second the Cornell notes idea. They work very well, especially, I think, for taking notes while...
  12. headlessmonk reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan and added:
    Outlining perhaps?
  13. bbc03indisguise reblogged this from lemdi and added:
    These are all fantastic ideas! Thank you.I’ve tried a lot of different things with varying degrees of success. I’ve...
  14. duckylvr reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan and added:
    My professor told us that we have to somehow show in our textbook what we were thinking. This way he is sure we were...
  15. pencilblots reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan and added:
    My school uses Cornell Notes for every class, even AP level. They are easy, and work really well.
  16. the-justsara reblogged this from orangutanne and added:
    So… after being initially mystified and perplexed… this is one possible solution I can think of. Assuming this task can...
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