Improving your note taking

La toma de notas es una parte importante del estudio académico en inglés. El enlace en este documento lo lleva a un lugar para practicar su toma de notas en un ambiente académico.LINK: note taking is an important part of English-language academic study. The link in this document takes you to a place to practice your note taking in an academic setting

EFEKTIVITAS TEKNIK PRAKTEK BERPASANGAN (PRACTICE REHEARSAL PAIRS ) DALAM MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA PADA MATA PELAJARAN TIK

PenelitianiniberjudulEfektivitasTeknikPraktekBerpasangan (Practice Rehearsal Pairs )dalammeningkatkanHasilBelajarPada Mata Pelajaran TIK. Skripsi, JurusanKurikulumdanTeknologiPendidikanUniversitasPendidikan Indonesia, tahun 2013.Permasalahan utamapadapenelitianiniadalah “Apakahteknikpraktekberpasangan(Practice Rehearsal Pairs)lebihefektifdibandingkandenganteknikcatatanterbimbing(guided note taking)pada Mata PelajaranTIK. Adapunpermasalahankhususnyayaitu 1) Apakahteknikpraktekberpasangan(Practice Rehearsal Pairs)lebihefektifdibandingkandenganteknikcatatanterbimbing (guided note taking)untukmeningkatkanhasilbelajarsiswaaspekmengingat (C1) padamatapelajaran TIK?”.2)Apakahteknikpraktekberpasangan(Practice Rehearsal Pairs)lebihefektifdibandingkandenganteknikcatatanterbimbing (guided note taking)untukmeningkatkanhasilbelajarsiswaaspekmemahami (C2) padamatapelajaran TIK?”. 3)Apakahteknikpraktekberpasangan(Practice Rehearsal Pairs)lebihefektifdibandingkanteknikcatatanterbimbing (guided note taking)untukmeningkatkanhasilbelajarsiswaaspekmenerapkan (C3) padamatapelajaran TIK? TujuanpenelitianinisecaraumumadalahuntukmengetahuiefektivitasTeknikpraktekberpasangan (practice rehearsal pairs) dalammeningkatkanhasilbelajarsiswapadamatapelajaran TIK di SMPN 26 Bandung. Metodepenelitian yang digunakanberupapenelitiankuasieksperimendenganpretes-post-tes control group design.Berdasarkangambaranhasilpengolahandananalisis yang diperolehselamapenelitian, makadapatditarikkesimpulansecaraumumbahwaTeknikpraktekberpasangan (practice rehearsal pairs) lebihefektifdaripadateknikcatatanterbimbing(guide note taking). Hal tersebutdapatdilihatdariperolehanhasilbelajarsiswapadakelaseksperimen yang menggunakanTeknikpraktekberpasangan (practice rehearsal pairs)lebihtinggidibandingkanhasilbelajarsiswa yang menggunakanTeknikcatatanterbimbing (guide note taking ) padakelaskontrol. Keyword: Practice rehearsal pairs, Guided note taking, Hasilbelajar

Collaborating Note Taking

Collaborative note taking enables students in a class to take notes on their PDAs and share them with their “study group” in real-time. Students receive instructor’s slides on their PDAs as they are displayed by the instructor. As the individual members of the group take notes pertaining to the slide being presented, their notes are automatically sent to all members of the group. In addition, to reduce their typing, students can use text they receive from other students and from the instructors slides to construct their notes. This system has been used in actual practice for a graduate level course on wireless mobile computing. In developing this system, special attention has been paid to the task of inputting text on PDAs, efficient use of the screen real estate, dynamics among students, privacy and ease of use issues

Note-taking and Research Methods

A comparative study of the research methods of scholars from various disciplines: Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Sidney & Beatrice Webb, C.E.W. Bean, Abraham Maslow, Manning Clark, C. Wright Mills, Jeremy Boissevain & Dean Jaensch

The influence of prior knowledge on the retrieval-directed function of note taking in prior knowledge activation

Wetzels, S. A. J., Kester, L., Van Merriënboer, J. J. G., & Broers, N. J. (2011). The influence of prior knowledge on the retrieval-directed function of note taking in prior knowledge activation. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 81(2), 274-291. doi: 10.1348/000709910X517425Background. Prior knowledge activation facilitates learning. Note taking during prior knowledge activation (i.e., note taking directed at retrieving information from memory) might facilitate the activation process by enabling learners to build an external representation of their prior knowledge. However, taking notes might be less effective in supporting prior knowledge activation if available prior knowledge is limited. Aims. This study investigates the effects of the retrieval-directed function of note taking depending on learners’ level of prior knowledge. It is hypothesised that the effectiveness of note taking is influenced by the amount of prior knowledge learners already possess. Sample. Sixty-one high school students participated in this study. A prior knowledge test was used to ascertain differences in level of prior knowledge and assign participants to a low or a high prior knowledge group. Method. A 2 x 2 factorial design was used to investigate the effects of note taking during prior knowledge activation (yes, no) depending on learners’ level of prior knowledge (low, high) on mental effort, performance, and mental efficiency. Results. Note taking during prior knowledge activation lowered mental effort and increased mental efficiency for high prior knowledge learners. For low prior knowledge learners, note taking had the opposite effect on mental effort and mental efficiency. Conclusions. The effects of the retrieval-directed function of note taking are influenced by learners’ level of prior knowledge. Learners with high prior knowledge benefit from taking notes while activating prior knowledge, whereas note taking has no beneficial effects for learners with limited prior knowledge

Comparing Classroom Note Taking across Multiplatform Devices

Many educators have suggested that note taking can be beneficial for the students' educational growth. Note taking is the core activity for students in a classroom and there been a large amount of research conducted, both from industry and from academia, into facilitating the note taking process. As such, there are many available systems for taking notes. However, what has not been given as much attention is how different devices, such as Tablet PCs and PDAs, effect this task. In this paper, we study students' current note taking behavior and the changes caused by the use of different platforms for this activity. Our goal is to provide ideas and general design guidelines for future note taking systems

The Evolution of Note Taking: A Study on Traditional Hard Copy Methods vs The Emerging Soft Copy Method

Being that we both have grown up in the midst of the digital age, we have seen many things evolve, develop, and go electronic; including the way students choose to learn in the classroom. It seems that more and more students are choosing to take notes via laptop, tablet, or smart phone, but with that said it also appears that just as many students are choosing to stick with the more traditional pen and paper way of note taking as well. For our research, we have studied the benefits that may attract students to either note taking method, as well as, researched the cons that may cause students to reject adopting either of the two. Finally, we discuss where note taking may be headed in the future. The answer matters to us because through our research we have been able to come across several studies in which discuss the benefits on digital devices in the classroom. We also find this topic interesting to research and see if the findings in the studies are true and if there are better methods for students to learn in a college classroom environment