Summary: <br> <a href="http://collegepreppodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-06-at-11.51.55-AM.png"></a><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> This episode original ran February 18, 2019.<br>
