Notes taking

Chapter 5, Notes: Observe the Note-taking Process pp.166-168 The first topic that resonated with me from this article is bringing the right materials. On the night before class, I always prepare the necessary materials; calculators, laptop, pencils, erasers, paper, and etc. What distinguishes a poor student from a good student is the readiness and preparation set forth by themselves. The idea of watching for clues seems to be logical and might work for some, but spending too much time on it can…

than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking As the years progress, technology has become a necessity for normality. Naturally, technology is being seen more commonly in classrooms - students take out their laptops at the beginning of lecture instead of a pen and paper to take notes. Pam A. Mueller of Princeton and Daniel M. Oppenheimer of University of California conducted a study to see just how severely laptop note taking impacts the student’s success in a course compared…

Note taking is a very important part during an investigation, as a matter of fact it is important in just about everything that has to do with gathering evidence and information. Note taking can consist of things such as the time officers arrived on scene, victims found on the scene, suspects founds on the scene, where were individuals found on scene, what each individual was wearing, location of evidence that was found, and even the distance that things are from each other. Taking notes of…

field notes and report are important in the prosecution of a case. The investigator has to be well organized and be able to bring the crime scene together so that he/she can create a “big picture” (Lyman, p.32). Every investigator has to develop their own note taking system. A good note taking system can help the investigator but he/she must be careful to not use shorthand because it would be difficult for others to understand. The investigator has to make sure that his/her notes are…

Positive Effects of Restricting Student Note-Taking in a Capstone Psychology Course: Reducing the Demands of Divided Attention in the Classroom’s purpose of the study was to compare between the students do without the note-taking duty and note-taking duty in the classroom. The hypothesis was the elimination of the of the note-taking duty would allow the student to be involved more in the classroom discussion and be more motivated to learn something new. The theory of this experiment, in general,…

In chapter 6, Making and Taking Worthy Notes, it talks about how good notetaking can contribute to the success of the student. In the beginning of the chapter, a scenario is presented to us in a pottery classroom. The pottery classroom teacher, Mr. Michaels, knew that he would be able to help the students succeed in learning the vocabulary “through his focused lectures and their notetaking” (Fisher, 97). Not only will the student be successful in his class, but they can also take those skills…

stay motivated. Small goals can lead up to an overall larger goal that you are aiming for, you will earn feelings of reward as you finish your four years of college. By setting an overall goal, you will be able to remember the reason that you are taking such challenging classes to begin with. It will give you that extra push to just keep on moving on and never give up. Goals is what makes the world go around there is not one person out in this world that does not have a goal to better…

Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking” In recent years, taking notes by using a laptop has become increasingly common among students attending lectures. It is evident from previous studies that if laptops are used for note taking while surfing the web or for other distractions, it will impair the learning process. However, this study aims to show that even without these distractions, students will perform worse than longhand note takers because they have the tendency to write the notes verbatim,…

thought I had great time management skills, and note taking skills. I thought it would be really easy making friends. I even thought, my social anxiety would ease up a ton. I had all of these assumptions, and I was wrong about every single one of them. When it came to improving my note taking skills, I knew I had to figure out a way that would work best for me, but I wasn't aware of all of the different styles, before we went over how to take notes in class I was transcribing everything, I…

important because they make the teacher observe the children separately, then identify what the children need and make curriculum changes. During the first step the teacher will observer the children and make note on what they are doing socially and language wise. Then the teacher will take these notes and attempt to make sense of what the students need and what would benefit the students. Finally, make the change needed to benefit the students in the classroom. These three components will…