Note Taking Reflection Questions:
1) Why is note taking an important skill to master? What are three (3) things you are now doing to take effective notes? How has this helped you?
Answer:
To begin with, taking notes aids comprehension and retention. When writing notes in a personal perspective, with a complete outline of the most important points and ideas, this will be more effective, as opposed to textbook material. Furthermore, when writing the notes, the individual learns how to appreciate how note taking will capture the wealth of information he or she is exposed in a daily routine. In a school or post-secondary setting, the student has a lot of new knowledge and the student must be able to develop reliable mechanisms for recording and retrieving it when necessary. Nevertheless, note-taking is also a learning process, in itself, helping the student to process and understand the information which is retrieved.
In many cases, I am able to write effective notes, and there are many potential reasons why behind that. Effective note taking is the act of being active, not being pass...
With Cornell note-taking, lecture notes are noted down by the student in a more comprehensive manner which may improve retention. Instead of writing whatever is said or seen, the student must note down information that appears to be meaningful. This allows for the process of elaborative rehearsal; one connects the oncoming information with what they readily know (O’Brien Moran, 2014). When recording notes, the student performs elaborative rehearsal ensuring that the new material is meaningful when it is first received and so is easier to store. At the same time, the pro...
All my years in school, I have struggled with taking notes. It was always a problem for me because I never knew the right and most effective way to take notes. From taking this course, it has shown that there are many ways to take effective notes.
writing your notes longhand, you are able to memorize your studies more and do better on a test.
Doubek states there is two hypotheses on why note taking is beneficial, the first known as, encoding hypothesis tells us when a person is writing notes the mental processing allows us to learn and retain information better. The second known as the external-storage hypothesis tells is that you learn by looking back at yours or others notes. Doubek also states that there are two types of note-taking: generative and nongenerative. Generative note taking occurs when there is summarizing, paraphrasing or concept mapping while nongenerative involves copying notes verbatim. Doubek uses a study published by Pam A. Mueller of Princeton University and Daniel M. Oppenheimer of the University of California, Los Angeles, to prove his claim. The study shows that students that use laptops, write notes verbatim, which does not allow the student to process information as much as the students writing notes longhand and longhand notes also have superior external storage and encoding
2. Explain how the note taking strategy selected would help you prepare for an exam.
In addition to annotations, I was taught to create an outline before writing an essay. Having an outline was very helpful because it guided my writing. It kept me from going off topic by only focusing on the task that the prompt asked me to do. Since then, I have always done an outline before writing and it has kept me on track. Besides that, I was taught how to format my paper using MLA format, how to cite sources, and how to integrate quotes in my writing. As a result, I
Throughout Leading as a Way of Serving, there were many lessons that I experienced and learned. By completing reading assignments, writing papers, participating in class discussions, and attending the class retreat, there were many opportunities to learn course content as well as realizing new aspects about myself. At the beginning of the semester, I did not know that I would be learning so much and that I could retain so many new life lessons in such a short amount of time.
When entering college freshman students face difficulties by not knowing how to adjust to the new expectations college brings. A freshman student tends to approach college with the same mentality used throughout their high school years. But as the first semester start, they encounter a variety of challenges, including having to change their study habits and knowing how to wisely manage their time. The book “The Elements of Learning” by B. Banner, Jr., and C. Cannon, introduces the elements a student must possess in order be successful in college. The research made by my team, “Collin’s Angels”, will determine important factors for freshman success, and the changes that a student makes in order to succeed through the first year of college.
This class has given me a lot of insight about the way I want to go about teaching my classes. Not only has it given me ideas on stuff that I have never thought of but it also broke down and explained the ones that I already have seen. When I look at behaviorism now and connect it to all the things that I do in not only my classes of the past, but also my current classes, I see just how far the ideas and understanding of human learning has come. It was almost frustrating learning the history behind the idea of schooling and how it was geared not towards growth, creativity, community, and self-enhancement, but rather towards the agenda of pushing the people at the top farther ahead. To change that I can only do as much as I can to let children understand the different options that are available and hope that they also strive for something more.
As the population ages and the workforce becomes increasingly older, organisations that rely on human capital must find positive ways to maintain competitiveness, in rapidly changing environments (Bausch, et al., 2014; Ropes, 2013). One method organisations have of leveraging advantage is by creating a workplace environment that values learning, whereby, workers can combine challenging and interesting work with opportunities to engage in career growth and development, that satisfies both the need for organisational effectiveness and individual success (Maurer, et al., 2003). Participation in learning in the workforce relies on factors such as: the andragogy principles of adult learning techniques as distinct to pedagogic principles and techniques
There are many different techniques a person can use to take notes in class. Some note taking styles are more helpful than others, but it all depends on what kind of notes a person likes writing. Three styles of note taking that are beneficial for people to use are Cornell, outline, and graph.
Two of the most important study skills are setting goals and taking notes. A student may set a time goal, such as studying a few hours a week; set a general goal, such as trying to study hard and stay on schedule; set a specific performance goal, such as getting at least 80% of the homework problems correct. Another important study skill is taking notes. Students generally make two kinds of mistakes in taking notes. One is to try to write down everything the instructor says, which leads to confusing notes. The other is to copy concepts that they do not understand but hope to learn by memorization. Good notes are compromised of the following: 1) written information summarized in your own words; 2) outline the important concepts; 3) try to associate the lecture notes with the material text; 4) asking yourself questions and making up questions from the notes.
Not only will this help you in high school but it better prepares you for the note taking you do in college. You don’t need every bit of information the teacher is putting up on the board. If you learn to write down keys facts or the things that seem majorly important, writing your notes will feel like a breeze. The simpler your notes are the easier they are to study. They are more clear and defined. Keep up with your notes in the same notebook so when it comes time to study for your test they are there in one spot, handy and ready for you to study. If you keep up with them and keep them organized, this almost guarantees smooth sailing for your
However, the learning style that best suited my abilities was reading and writing. Based on this learning style, one prefers for information to be displayed in words. Individuals who possess this learning style operate and communicate effectively with words. This methodology of transmitting information from the short term memory storage (STS) to the long term memory storage (LTS) can be attributed to the read/write learning style. It encourages text based input and output in all its forms, utilizing the same skills for reading and writing in order to learn. Being a read/write learner demonstrates learning through the processes most commonly used. Having words is a cultural component of who we are and read/write are both important skills not just for the professional scope, but for the cognitive process as well. Read/write learning style stimulates the frontal lobe of the brain where higher level processes are held. Then in the left hemisphere, where articulation and comprehension for language is centralized, this learning style mobilizes activity in this region which consequently results to increased productivity overall. “Those who prefer this modality are often addicted to PowerPoint , the Internet, lists, filofaxes, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and words,” ( n.d., stellar leadership). This learning styles is highly encouraged in education and other fields,
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