Recommends adding formal training in note taking to the high school English curriculum to help students master the skills of abstracting major ideas from texts, summarizing facts, and paraphrasing materials. Suggests an approach to note taking. (RBW)

Fifty-one deaf students (18- to 25-years-old) significantly increased their reading comprehension skills after learning a "netowrking" strategy which focused on identifying the conceptual ideas withing a text, specifying their relative importance, and diagraming the textual information. (Author/CL)

A modified graphic organizer approach is suggested to provide motivation and structure to disabled students using textbooks. An eight-step sequence in using the graphic organizer as a study and comprehension aid to textbook learning is presented. (CL)

Reviews research on psychophysiological approaches to learning and memory, focusing on memory aids, levels of rehearsal, and visual mnemotechnics. Explains and illustrates the use of study mapping, a system of note taking and studying appropriate for developmental reading courses. (DMM)

Describes ways laptop computers are used in two high school Advanced Placement History classes. Discusses notetaking on laptops, small group assignments via modem, cooperative-learning groups, and laptops as a research tool. (SR)

Studied the encoding benefits of graphic-organizer and outline note-taking using spaced study and review. Results with 117 undergraduates show no effect on the factual test for either study notes or amount of information, but on the application test, graphic organizers were better than outlines and partial notes were better than complete notes.…

Advocates teaching students organizational skills that lead to school success. Outlines seven such skills and how to teach them, including such things as bringing necessary supplies to class, organizing handouts and loose-leaf papers, taking and organizing notes, developing and following study plans, and planning and carrying out large projects.…

Typically, high school is the hardest place to integrate a project-based learning approach. The issues for high school are many, including: (1) Students are available for only an hour a day (except in blockscheduled schools); (2) Teachers specialize in certain subject areas; (3) Teachers feel pressured to prepare students for tests and college.…

Two years ago I implemented a basic outline of each class for my students to take notes on for Calculus II at the United States Military Academy. The outline provided students with a shell of the class material for each day of class. Their job was to fill in the shell as we went through the material. The outlines provided students an easy method…

This article presents a guide for beginning group workers to use to organize information and to plan for future group sessions and for supervision sessions. Adaptations for different types of group work and supervision modalities are also suggested.

In this experiment, 175 participants generated node-link maps or summaries using multiple, massed, or ad lib schedules while reading text on stress-related information. They rated personal relevance immediately following studying and completed tests on the information and measures of attitudes and intentions 48 hours later. Low-verbal-ability…

We examined the effectiveness of several techniques for enhancing student learning from educational videos. Introductory psychology students (N = 113) watched a video about intelligence and testing while taking notes, not taking notes, writing answers to guiding questions, or thinking about guiding questions without writing answers. Afterward,…

Students with mild disabilities have a difficult time recording notes from lectures. Accurate note taking is important because it helps students understand the content from lectures and notes serve as a document for later review. In this article, the author describes what teachers can do before, during, and after the lecture to help students…

Despite the importance of good lecture notes to test performance, very little is known about the cognitive processes that underlie effective lecture note taking. The primary purpose of the 2 studies reported (a pilot study and Study 1) was to investigate 3 processes hypothesized to be significantly related to quality of notes: transcription…

This study describes an investigation we carried out in order to identify how the specific roles that 7th grade public school students assumed when they worked cooperatively were related to their development of speaking skills in English. Data were gathered through interviews, field notes, students' reflections and audio recordings. The findings…