Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Too often educators teach specific note taking strategies like Cornell Notes without teaching students WHY they work. <br> <br> <br> <br> Tune in to hear Gretchen outline a straightforward approach to helping take better notes. <br> <br> <br> <br> Specifically, she discusses:<br> <br> <br> <br> * Review the Study Cycle, which summarizes the three steps the brain needs to learn* Understand where good note taking fits into the Study Cycle (hint: encoding!)* Discuss the two steps to note-taking* Learn tips for how to put each of these steps into practice.<br> <br> <br> <br> At one point in this episode, Gretchen references the excellent graphic organizers at www.ThinkingMaps.com.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
