Visual notetaking has gained prominence in education due to its benefits in capturing information effectively. However, there is limited research on the neural and cognitive mechanisms involved in this way of taking notes. Therefore, to fill this research gap, this within-subject experimental study aimed to use an electroencephalogram (EEG) to…

A personal thinking language consists of verbal and visual means to transform ideas to action in social and work settings. This verbal and visual interaction of images and language is influenced by one's personal history, cultural expectations and professional practices. The article first compares a personal thinking language to other languages…

The authors investigated the effects of a 5-week note-taking skills instructional program on note-taking and reading comprehension performance of elementary students. The participants included 349 fourth-grade students from 2 elementary schools in Taiwan. The Note-Taking Instruction group received approximately 40 min of note-taking skills…

Discusses college student note-taking behavior in teleclasses and describes the development and use of interactive study guides to improve note-taking accuracy. Word pictures, or graphic representations of ideas, are explained; design steps are listed; production steps are described; and applications are suggested. (two references) (LRW)

This experiment (83 undergraduates) used an interactive videodisc (IVD) lesson, "Cardiac Output: A Live Animal Physiology Laboratory," to measure the effects of notetaking on achievement and instructional time. Compared the efficacy of subjects' notes with matrix notes as review materials for IVD. Results indicated IVD was more effective…

Notetaking is important for recording and remembering class content in most university courses. Despite the importance of this behavior, however, students are often poor notetakers. This study compared undergraduates' notes after traditional lecture, lecture with slides, and lecture with slides plus guided notes. Data on the percentages of…

One of the most effective ways to implement the research-based instructional strategies from Classroom Instruction That Works is to use them with educational technologies, such as word processing and spreadsheet applications, multimedia, data collection tools, communication software, and the Internet. This book shows you how and gives you hundreds…