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If you ask a room full of students to reflect on how they learned note taking in school one or more may refer to a specific note taking method and shout out, " | If you ask a room full of students to reflect on how they learned note taking in school one or more may refer to a specific note taking method and shout out, " | ||
- | Teachers often assume students can quickly identify the main idea of the text. This tool comes from the strategy toolbox and students must learn how to apply [[text structure]] to skim a text before taking notes. They must learn how to identify implicit and explicit main ideas in a variety of genres. Students need to build background knowledge. By teaching | + | Teachers often assume students can quickly identify the main idea of the text. This tool comes from the strategy toolbox and students must learn how to apply [[text structure]] to skim a text before taking notes. They must learn how to identify implicit and explicit main ideas in a variety of genres. Students need to build background knowledge. By teaching |
Educators also assume students know key academic terms such as justify, rank, therefore, median, and compare. Writing down words without knowing the meaning does not increase comprehension. As an educator note important academic language in the text. You may want to include a vocabulary work bank to fight this assumption. Highlight and explicitly use and require use of these key words in student notes. | Educators also assume students know key academic terms such as justify, rank, therefore, median, and compare. Writing down words without knowing the meaning does not increase comprehension. As an educator note important academic language in the text. You may want to include a vocabulary work bank to fight this assumption. Highlight and explicitly use and require use of these key words in student notes. | ||
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===== Common Challenges in Note Taking ===== | ===== Common Challenges in Note Taking ===== | ||
- | People often assess note taking skills incorrectly. Simply requiring a note-book check in NO WAY models, teaches, or requires the use of note-taking skills. When educators collect | + | People often assess note taking skills incorrectly. Simply requiring a note-book check in NO WAY models, teaches, or requires the use of note-taking skills. When educators collect |
Recording information from board, PowerPoint, or Interactive White Board eats up instructional time.It also does not provide much more instructional value than copying and pasting the notes without any reflection. Note taking must occur before, during, and after reading with a purpose in mind. Overall taking notes does not equal learning. | Recording information from board, PowerPoint, or Interactive White Board eats up instructional time.It also does not provide much more instructional value than copying and pasting the notes without any reflection. Note taking must occur before, during, and after reading with a purpose in mind. Overall taking notes does not equal learning. | ||
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Collect exemplars of notes/. This includes examples of your own notes or examples from other peer students. Have discussions about the text structure and choices people made when taking notes. | Collect exemplars of notes/. This includes examples of your own notes or examples from other peer students. Have discussions about the text structure and choices people made when taking notes. | ||
- | Collect and measure note taking but provide feedback and assess for growth. This often means having students reflect on notetaking | + | Collect and measure note taking but provide feedback and assess for growth. This often means having students reflect on note-taking |
Take advantage of technology. Some really great collaborative note taking tools work. You can use Google Docs to write collaborative notes together or have small groups of students take notes while reading multiple sources. | Take advantage of technology. Some really great collaborative note taking tools work. You can use Google Docs to write collaborative notes together or have small groups of students take notes while reading multiple sources. | ||
- | Provide explicit comprehension instruction and use notes as way to assess strategy use. Yet also connect lesson in the identifying of explicit and implicit main ideas to note taking. | + | Provide explicit comprehension instruction and use notes as way to assess strategy use. Yet also connect lesson in the identifying of explicit and implicit main ideas to note taking. |
+ | === Utilize Journals === | ||
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+ | We often assume note taking as a set of hegemonic skills that cut across the content areas. Yet recent work in the field of [[disciplinary literacy]] has demonstrated the unique ways of meaning making in science, English, mathematics, | ||
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+ | When it comes to note taking we must " | ||
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+ | [[Journaling]] provides a way to scaffold these unique reading and writing practices so as to reinforce rather than detract from the content taught in the class. | ||
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