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Spagna Jr., George wrote:
Somewhere in this conversation we might want to address the need to
teach and reinforce what it means to "take good notes."
An exxxxcellent point.
Let me add that the answer varies from student to student:
a) Some students do better taking no notes at all, so they can
fully pay attention in class. This is especially true if
the lectures closely follow the text.
b) Some students find that the process of writing notes is
a vital part of their learning process (whether or not they
ever look at the notes again).
c) Some students can take 'em or leave 'em.
d) Some students start with the "official" handouts write
tons of stuff in the margins.
Personally I have never understood method (b), but I am not
so arrogant as to think that just because I don't understand
it, it doesn't exist.