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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is mind-blowing that they don't teach kids how to take notes or study in middle school. [/quote]
Note taking was important when the teacher (and the text book) was the only source of the information. And then came the internet with all the information taught in MS/HS easily available in multiple formats. What really is the point of notes anymore? Good classroom teachers don't just "lecture" to students anymore. They have a variety of activities, simulations, labs, readings, etc. to engage students in the material. Copying from slides is not engaging to students at all, and a terrible way to learn material.[/quote]

They better learn how to take notes from a lecture because that was college is for most kids. Nobody taught me how to take notes but you figure out what works and what doesn't as you go along.[/quote]

That's 20 years expired advice. No one takes needs to take notes from lectures anymore. Notes are for collecting research for essays. Good classes don't waste class time on lectures. [/quote]

Agreed, Professors give out copies of their notes and also record the lectures.  [/quote]

That doesn’t mean the student is engaged in learning. There have been studies done that demonstrate that writing notes increases retention and the ability to conceptualize problems asked of them.  Granted it’s even more when done physically by hand. So if a student listens in class and then goes home and annotates the professor’s lecture or notes and does well on an assessment then there is more evidence of the benefit of understanding what it means to “take notes” [/quote]
+1 I have been telling my teens (one in college, other in HS) about taking notes by hand, not on the computer, because it uses that muscle memory.

They fought it initially, but when they started handwriting the notes, it really helped.  My one DC who is a straight A student in HS and college said that they can picture their notes on the paper in their mind's eye, and it helps when they take tests.[/quote]

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