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A Note-Taking Progression - for Research

Note-taking by hand vs. computer

To Remember a Lecture Better, Take Notes by Hand
Students who take lecture notes using a computer are more likely to transcribe, which hinders their retention.
The Case for Banning Laptops in the Classroom
"The experiment showed that, regardless of the kind or duration of the computer use, the disconnected students performed better on a post-lecture quiz."

Cornell Notes

Cornell Notes Template - Handwritten
This template was created for our 9th grade geography students for hand-written notes.

Note-taking skills are transferable, but we need to help our students recognize that there are different strategies for different purposes.

From a textbook

From a single source
From a lecture
From an interview

From multiple sources - for research

Cornell Notes Template - Typed
This document, also created to use with our 9th grade geography textbook, is created as a table that will expand as you type.

Taking Notes