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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach middle school math. I give kids outlined notes to fill in.  Headers, blank graphs, etc where they have to fill in the remainder.  It's purely a logistical thing--if i gave them blank paper I'd waste so much time waiting for them to draw coordinate planes or copy down problems that it's not worth it.[/quote]

+1, MS math teacher. We would waste half the year doing this and likely half the curriculum.[/quote]

I teach in a college and stopped having kids write things down a long time ago.  I don't see the point when I can just give them all the notes online, and if they are focused on writing down everything I say then they aren't even comprehending the meaning of most of it.[/quote]

They aren't comprehending your prefilled notes either, Prof.  [/quote]

How do you know their students aren't comprehending the notes? You don't. Some kids do better being given the notes and other kids have to write their own. As a parent I help my kids find what works best for them.... we all learn, organize, and study differently.[/quote]

I know because when I first started teaching I would ask a question or try to engage students in some way and I realized that no one had any idea what I'd just said because they were too busy transcribing every word into their notebooks.  Or if I drew something on the board to help them understand, they still didn't understand because they were focused on redrawing it.  Taking notes like that is not the kind of writing stuff down that helps you, like when you study. It's just transcribing, and if you've ever had a job transcribing (I have) you know that you don't even process the meaning of the words you are putting down, because the point is just to get them down as fast as possible.  [/quote]

I disagree. Taking good notes is important. You have to listen to what is being said and decide what to write down and what to leave out. Unless the students have learning disabilities, they should be able to listen and write at the same time.[/quote]

DP, so those kids can still take notes. No one is telling them to stop. [/quote]

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