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Note-taking

Recording information to free the mind from recall.

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Recording information from diverse origins and platforms is what note-taking entails.[1] A note-taker captures the core of information, which relieves their memory from the burden of total recall.[1] Handwritten notes were the standard for centuries after writing emerged, yet currently digital note-taking is common due to software and websites.[2]

Quick Facts

Field
  • Information management
  • cognitive psychology
  • education
Key methods
  • Linear note-taking
  • non-linear note-taking
  • outlining
  • sentence method
  • charting
  • mapping
  • Cornell Notes
  • SQ3R

Facts from the source article.

Key facts and history

Philosopher John Locke developed and published a popular indexing system for commonplace books.[3] The Cornell Notes method was developed by Walter Pauk of Cornell University and promoted in his 1974 book How to Study in College.[4] The charting method uses tables sometimes called study frames for subject matter that can be broken into categories.[5] Throughout human history and scientific advancement, note-taking has played a significant role.[3]

Personal records on significant topics, termed hypomnema, were created by the Ancient Greeks.[3] During the Renaissance and early modern era, pupils in schools, academies, and universities were taught to take notes, frequently crafting attractive volumes that acted as reference materials after their education concluded.[3] Walter Pauk from Cornell University created the Cornell method, which splits a page into a right-hand notes column, a left-hand cues column, and a bottom summary strip.[4] Information is assembled using spatial organization and diagrams in mapping, where ideas are placed in a node–link structure connected by lines.[6]

What the cited sources add

Evidence from a study by Linlin Luo, Kenneth Kiewra, Abraham Flanigan, and Markeya Peteranetz supported the idea that electronic note-taking offers advantages during particular learning phases.[7] According to research, guided notes help students better record lecture key points and also improve their scores on quizzes about that material.[8] Higher test scores and better information retention are achieved by students who employ the SQ3R strategy, according to research.[9] Since the early 1960s, some students have used an updated version called SQ4R, which incorporates a "Relate" step before the "Review" step.[10]

Teachers face challenges balancing educational freedom with copyright and intellectual property issues due to online note-taking.[11]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Note-taking" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Makany, "Optimising the use of note-taking as an external cognitive aid for increasing learning", British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009, p. 619–635 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Note-taking" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Online Notepad – Write & Save Notes for Free", onlinenotep.ad (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Note-taking" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Eddy, "The Nature of Notebooks: How Enlightenment Schoolchildren Transformed the Tabula Rasa", Journal of British Studies, 2018, p. 275–307; Eddy, "The Interactive Notebook: How Students Learned to Keep Notes during the Scottish Enlightenment", Book History, 2016, p. 87–131; Commonplace Books. Harvard University Library Open Collections Program.; Gingerich, "The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus", Walker Books, 2004-03-01; Locke, "A new method of making common-place-books", Printed for J. Greenwood, Bookseller en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Note-taking" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jacobs, Keil. A Comparison of Two Note Taking Methods in a Secondary English Classroom Proceedings: 4th Annual Symposium: Graduate Research and Scholarly Projec; Broe, "The Effects of Teaching Cornell Notes on Student Achievement", www.minotstateu.edu/#, Summer 2013; Quintus, "The Impact of the Cornell Note-Taking Method on Students' Performance in a High School Family and Consumer Sciences Class", www.natefacs.org, Spring–Summer 2012; Zulejka, "The effects of Cornell note-taking and review strategies on recall and comprehension of lecture en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Note-taking" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Laskey, "College Study Strategies: Thinking and Learning", Allyn and Bacon, 1997, p. 145–153; Nist-Olejnik, "College Success Strategies", Pearson Education, 2014, p. 140; Pacheco, "Academic Reading and Study Skills: A Theme-Centered Approach", Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985, p. 87–98 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Note-taking" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Laskey, "College Study Strategies: Thinking and Learning", Allyn and Bacon, 1997, p. 135–141; Laskey, "College Study Strategies: Thinking and Learning", Allyn and Bacon, 1997, p. 135–141; Cristine, "Brain Friendly Techniques: Mind Mapping.", School Library Media Activities Monthly, November 2004 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Note-taking" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mueller, "The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking", Psychological Science, 2014, p. 1159–1168; Luo, "Laptop versus longhand note taking: effects on lecture notes and achievement", Instructional Science, 2018, p. 947–971; Cain, "Mobile computing initiatives within pharmacy education.", Am J Pharm Educ, 2008, p. 72 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Note-taking" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hamilton, "Using Guided Notes to Improve the Academic Achievement of Incarcerated Adolescents with Learning and Behavior Problems", Remedial and Special Education, May 2000, p. 133–170 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Note-taking" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Carlston, "Benefits of Student-Generated Note Packets", Teaching of Psychology, 2011-06-14, p. 142–146 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Note-taking" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "SQ4R Reading Method", brazosport.edu (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Note-taking" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Academic Freedom and Faculty Intellectual Property in the Era of Zoom and Learning Management Systems", www.mla.org; Nisenson, "Remote Teaching, Recording of Classes and Intellectual Property", www.aaup.org; "My Teaching Materials have been posted online FAQ", library.torontomu.ca, 6 February 2018; Flaherty, "IP Problems", Inside Higher Ed (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

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