Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Note Taking
This was a very interesting chapter on note taking and note making skills. I have never been taught how to take notes. I have just come up with my own system. I can see where it would be beneficial to teach your students the different types of note taking strategies. The difference between note taking and note making is that note taking involves students writing notes from lectures or class discussion, and note making involves students making notes from written material such as text book. This chapter had some really interesting ways of taking notes. I have never heard of dictoglos. I am not really into this strategy because to me it seems kind of pointless. However, I did like the outline framework for mathematics, the DNA and computer-assisted outline, and the Cornell method. I really like the idea of the split-page format of the Cornell method. I think it really gives the students a good outline, but allows them to be creative at the same time. My question is, notes are for the benefit of the student, how can we really put a grade on that?
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Keri,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you about the dictoglos method of note taking. To me, it seems as if it is a waste of time and essentially teaches students that notes should be as detailed as possible, which is just not the case. I also can relate to your question at the bottom. I do not think that it is a fair assessment to grade students on how their notes are written. I agree that every student has their own way of organizing their thoughts into a way in which they can refer back to it later. I do, however, think that a teacher could give participation points, and simply give suggestions to those students that seem to be struggling finding main ideas, or organizing them on paper. Overall, great insight!
Hayley