INCREASING LEARNING BY USING NOTE TAKING STRATEGIES Chloe Provance
ELN For students who have exceptional learning needs taking notes can be a difficult task. Difficult “Students must (1) sustain their attention, (2) comprehend what the teacher is saying, (3) discriminate between critical and irrelevant information, (4) paraphrase the information into a note format, (5) organize it in a coherent way, and (6) record it readably and quickly” ( ). Inclusion Strategies for Secondary Classrooms: Keys for Struggling Learners (Page 87). SAGE Publications. Kindle Edition. Important “Note taking strategies help students by providing (1) an encoding function that causes them to process information deeply and (2) an external storage function that provides access to information that is not yet stored in long-term memory” ( ). Inclusion Strategies for Secondary Classrooms: Keys for Struggling Learners (Page 87). SAGE Publications. Kindle Edition. Note Taking
In this chapter: Teach Abbreviations Teach Summarizing Partial Graphic Organizer Notes Guided Notes Strategic Notes Brick and Mortar Notes Three-Column Personalized Notes Newspaper Notes
Teach Abbreviations Frustration lowered Memory enhanced
Teach Summarizing Discrimination enhanced Memory enhanced Frustration lowered Persistence improved Motivation increased
Partial Graphic Organizer Notes Confusion eliminated Memory enhanced Organization ensured Frustration lowered Motivation enhanced
Guided Notes Attention increased Perception increased Discrimination enhanced Confusion decreased Memory increased
Strategic Notes Attention enhanced Memory enhanced Confusion reduced Organization enhanced
Brick and Mortar Notes Attention increased Comprehension increased Memory increased
Three-Column Personalized Notes Motivation increased Attention increased Confusion decreased Memory enhanced
Newspaper Notes Motivation enhanced Perception enhanced Discrimination ensured Sequencing ensured Organization enhanced Memory enhanced