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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There seems.to a lot of blame on teachers not teaching. What about students not learning? I am a good teacher and go over content in many different ways. I discuss it with notes, have students discuss every few slides with prompted questions so I can check if there are trouble spots and I do an activity that supports the concepts for the day. I teach an AP class and I would say only 20% take notes. Of those that do, it is rarely beyond the printed words on the slides. So, not helpful if they don't have the explanation to go with it when/if they study.

I would love for parents to be a fly on the wall for one day and see how your kid's actually act in school. I don't allow laptops but phone sneaking, sleeping, doing work for other classes is the norm rather than the exception. I call them out on off task behavior but at some point you just need to focus on the kids that actually want to learn. School isn't magic- kids have to put the work in and review every day.[/quote]Part of the problem is that no one has taught them how to take notes. They have been given guided notes all through elementary and middle school. They literally filled in the blanks for 8 years and then in high school they do not know how to take notes straight from a lecture.  This has to be taught!  Teach them how to take notes. Incentivize them to take notes. If the right incentives are there, they will do it. Also, the teacher needs to write out notes for weeks, teaching them the process. [/quote]

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