Learning_Skills

Purpose:

Improve Study Skills

GOAL

Interactive Notebook

The interactive notebook began as a strategy in Addison Wesley’s program,

History Alive

! Students each have

a spiral notebook to record information for the class; each pair of pages is designated for different purposes.

The right side of the notebook is used to record notes. The left side of the notebook is so the student can in-

teract with the information on the right page. This interaction is not directed by the teacher in any way. Be-

low is a partial list of some of those options. Can you think of any others as you use this strategy?

Annotating Text

In this strategy, you can create a framework for your reading. This means that you think about what you

know about the topic, place, event, or issue and to think about how you know that information. You ask ques-

tions. You write down the obvious or not so obvious. Can you make connections from what you read to an-

other text or reading? Do you understand who the audience is? Ask these questions as you "annotate" your

reading.

This may involve cutting and pasting text into a document and then typing your thoughts. This may involve

printing the text first and hand writing your notes (yes, you can still hand write even in an online course!)

Here is a sample of an

Dense Questioning

Dense Questioning, a reading strategy created by Leila

Christenbury (1998), will help you interpret and synthesize

information. In this method, you develop a series of ques-

tions as you go through your lessons. The idea is to pose

questions about what you are reading to help you better un-

derstand the text at a deeper and richer level. You can use a

o help you take notes using this strategy.

The questioning surrounds perspectives between the Text,

the Reader, and the World.

Learners can develop questions during the reading process

to get ready for a discussion, or to understand the reading,

or to develop topics for a paper.

Where?

Who?

How?

When?

What?

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Strategy: Note-Taking

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