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Anonymous wrote:I think the problem with classroom wide “study skills” training is that it will ignore the fact that everyone learns differently.

DH has pretty much a photographic memory for a lot of things. He’s actually been chastised in adult life for not taking notes in meetings. He honestly doesn’t need them- what he needs is to pay attention. The flip side of this is He’s not good with certain kinds of distractions while his brain is “processing”.

I’m an avid note taker and highlighter when I read. The way I do my notes would probably be useless to anyone borrowing my notes. That being said, I’m good with all kind stuff of distractions and the like.

OP, my question toyiu would be, does you child have slow processing due to a special need, or is this something that he just needs to stretch in himself to become effective with? I’d probably get a tutor that can see how your child learned, and tailor study skills to that. Sooner or later, notes aren’t going to be handed out. That may be next year in high school, or ten years in the workforce. He is going to have to find his own way of learning.

OP here.

Excellent point, thank you.

This is complex. My son's low processing speed is associated with his ADHD (distractions), but also his perfectionism (he has his own high standard), and dysgraphia (both handwriting and typing). Additionally, I think Asperger's tendencies come into play in the sense that he often doesn't understand what the teacher is really getting at: whether DS has to produce a basic or complex answer is not obvious to him, because it involves awareness of social cues and understanding of the world. But I think there is a large component that is just... his own intrinsic slowness!

Anonymous wrote:I think the problem with classroom wide “study skills” training is that it will ignore the fact that everyone learns differently.

DH has pretty much a photographic memory for a lot of things. He’s actually been chastised in adult life for not taking notes in meetings. He honestly doesn’t need them- what he needs is to pay attention. The flip side of this is He’s not good with certain kinds of distractions while his brain is “processing”.

I’m an avid note taker and highlighter when I read. The way I do my notes would probably be useless to anyone borrowing my notes. That being said, I’m good with all kind stuff of distractions and the like.

OP, my question toyiu would be, does you child have slow processing due to a special need, or is this something that he just needs to stretch in himself to become effective with? I’d probably get a tutor that can see how your child learned, and tailor study skills to that. Sooner or later, notes aren’t going to be handed out. That may be next year in high school, or ten years in the workforce. He is going to have to find his own way of learning.

Anonymous wrote:Most students don't know how to study or take notes. They have to be taught. My DS is going to a study skills course this summer that teaches those 2 things. His notes are okay but I think they could be better. His teachers don't give out organizers. They just have to take notes in their notebook. He's in 8th grade in a Catholic school. They do teach them how to take notes from a book but I think he needs more instruction on how to take good notes from a lecture since that it most of college if you are in a liberal arts school. Studying is something they don't really teach them how to do.

Anonymous wrote:And if so, how much?
My child has slow processing speed, and I'm wondering how to address his difficulty taking notes going into high school next year.

Thanks!

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OP here. Thanks. Apparently in 8th grade, the teachers distribute notes at the end of class, or they have worksheets to fill out during class that then become notes. He has never had to take traditional, completely self-initiated notes while a teacher is lecturing.

Is there any point where MCPS teaches this skill?