1. INCREASING LEARNING BY USING NOTE TAKING STRATEGIES Chloe Provance

2. 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” (2010-04-05). 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” (2010-04-05). Inclusion Strategies for Secondary Classrooms: Keys for Struggling Learners (Page 87). SAGE Publications. Kindle Edition. Note Taking

3. 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

4. Teach Abbreviations  Frustration lowered  Memory enhanced

5. Teach Summarizing  Discrimination enhanced  Memory enhanced  Frustration lowered  Persistence improved  Motivation increased

6. Partial Graphic Organizer Notes  Confusion eliminated  Memory enhanced  Organization ensured  Frustration lowered  Motivation enhanced

7. Guided Notes  Attention increased  Perception increased  Discrimination enhanced  Confusion decreased  Memory increased

8. Strategic Notes  Attention enhanced  Memory enhanced  Confusion reduced  Organization enhanced

9. Brick and Mortar Notes  Attention increased  Comprehension increased  Memory increased

10. Three-Column Personalized Notes  Motivation increased  Attention increased  Confusion decreased  Memory enhanced

11. Newspaper Notes  Motivation enhanced  Perception enhanced  Discrimination ensured  Sequencing ensured  Organization enhanced  Memory enhanced