Thread pic: coons are always a good way to start a day.
Good morning, Paddy -- this weather is wild. Really hot on Monday and today is chilly and cloudy.
Came across this -- a good perspective.
In a former life, I taught math and science to Catholic school students in grades 6-9. In the early 2000s, I began noticing a troubling trend: many students had little to no idea how to take notes from a lecture or a textbook. Some didn’t even know how to hold a pencil correctly. It’s worth noting that, in the years just before I retired, we were receiving significantly more students transferring from public schools.
Note taking was a problem at the high school I worked at. Students were taught to take notes using the Cornell system, which is good for some students and some subjects, but is too rigid for others. Students’ idea of note-taking was copying everything that was put on the board or projected. Word for blessed word. “Wait, wait! I’m not done yet!” was a constant refrain if I tried to change slides. Then, many didn’t know what to do with the notes once they were done taking them.
A professor at a college I taught at told me a story about his experience teaching a six week segment on note-taking as part of a freshman on-boarding class. At the end of the six weeks he asked everyone to turn in their notes to be graded. A number of students had nothing to turn in and weren’t sure about what he was asking for.
Happy Tuesday, Gerbil Nation!
Thread pic: unlike cats, raccoons will gladly return your seat to you.
It’s cool again today, then in a couple of days it will be unseasonably warm. My sinuses don’t like this!
Just read the heat advisories for area too. Yuck.
Thread pic: coons are always a good way to start a day.
Good morning, Paddy -- this weather is wild. Really hot on Monday and today is chilly and cloudy.
Came across this -- a good perspective.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/the_lost_art_of_note_taking.html
Note taking was a problem at the high school I worked at. Students were taught to take notes using the Cornell system, which is good for some students and some subjects, but is too rigid for others. Students’ idea of note-taking was copying everything that was put on the board or projected. Word for blessed word. “Wait, wait! I’m not done yet!” was a constant refrain if I tried to change slides. Then, many didn’t know what to do with the notes once they were done taking them.
A professor at a college I taught at told me a story about his experience teaching a six week segment on note-taking as part of a freshman on-boarding class. At the end of the six weeks he asked everyone to turn in their notes to be graded. A number of students had nothing to turn in and weren’t sure about what he was asking for.