Two Teachers

On this episode we take a look at what is a bit of a new revelation to us as teachers. It is definitely something that should've been (and may have been) explained to us in our teaching education. This revelation is the concept of effective note taking. Furthermore, focusing less on what is written and more on what we ask students do as their post-writing retention process. This is where the episode gets its namesake. After note-taking, or any lesson for that matter, some sort of processing activity or study habit must be completed. This must be done in many repetitions to avoid what is sometimes referred to as the "Curve of Forgetting." (Researched by the University of Waterloo). Need to know more about this curve? This video may help. Note taking: Not new, but important! We know note taking is not a new thing. Over the years of teaching, we've gone back and forth on our note taking. What priority should it be given? How often should we be doing this? How do we teach our students to take notes?