Ch. 7
Note Taking and Note Making
Before reading this chapter, I never knew there was a differience between note taking and note making. Note taking is defined as the students' written notes from a lecture/class discusstion. Note making is record notes from printed materials(pg 123-124). I like the idea from the chapter about how it said teacher should look at students notes from time to time. I wish that growing up, I had learned a more organized way to take notes. When I was in elementary school, I just wrote down exactly what the teacher had written on the board or the overhead. It something was unclear and there was a random thought I just wrote it down too. I would later look at my notes and have no recollection of anything I wrote down and what these random words were written across my paper. I wish I had known a more organized way of taking notes. As I got older, I leaned though trial and error how to create more orgaized, easier to understand notes. Now I know that having subnotes or color coding notes can be very helpful. If a teacher says something important, underline it or circle it. Write more than just random words, write down whole conversations. I have also found that writing notes in my own words can be very helpful. I wish growing up a teacher had given my tips or ways to take notes successfully. I also think it's very importanat to allow your students enough time to properly takes notes. I know that sometimes I am rushing to write things down before the teachers moves on and I miss half of the information that is said. If we are going to check our students' notes, then we should allow students to have enough time to properly take them. I also know this will allow students' handwriting to be neater instead of a sloppy mess with random thoughts written all across their paper. I am very glad I read this chapter, because I had no idea there was a difference betwen the two. I think its a great idea to teach students how to properly take notes, instead of having the students use trial and error with messy notes. If we are going to check notes, how often should we check them? Check for completion, or should we check for accuracy?