Concept Map versus Matrix Note Taking: Achievement, Attitude, and Note-Taking Effects

Collaborative Note Taking using PDAs

Collaborative note taking enables students in a class to take notes on their Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and laptops and share them with their “study group” in real-time. Students also receive instructor’s slides in real-time as they are displayed by the instructor. As the individual members of the group take notes pertaining to the slide being presented, their notes are automatically se...

Students' Attitude towards Note-taking and Reading Pamphlets/handouts in Courses

Background: the inappropriate use of handouts and notes is a common academic problem among students. Students' notes are too brief and incomplete in compare with references; hence they may not cover the required content for the courses. The aim of this paper is to analyze students' attitude toward reading handouts and notes instead of references. Methods: In this analytical and descriptive stud...

Differences in the note-taking skills of students with high achievement, average achievement, and learning disabilities

Note Taking and Note Sharing While Browsing Campaign Information

Participants were observed while searching and browsing the internet for campaign information in a mock-voting situation in three online note-taking conditions: No Notes, Private Notes, and Shared Notes. Note taking significantly influenced the manner in which participants browsed for information about candidates. Note taking competed for time and cognitive resources and resulted in less thorou...

Effects of Note-Taking Training on Reading Comprehension and Recall

The present study examined the process and product effects of note-taking strategy training on Iranian EFL learners’ comprehension and retention of written material, with gender as a moderating variable. Intermediate undergraduate EFL learners (N = 108) were assigned to experimental and control groups. The Experimental (intervention) Group received training on how to take notes, using graphic o...