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1. Tomasello on August 30, 2009 4:28 pm

   I once taught myself to write legibly (since I could no longer read my notes). It didn’t stick.

   I always wonder if these types of mid-education shifts are worth the effort. If anything, these changes in technique need to take place before classes start. I can’t imagine a student trying out a new method during a semester. Did you ever try to get your head around that “Theater of Memory” or “Tips to Improve Your Memory” stuff?

   After my very last class in grad school, I said to a friend (ironically), “Next semester, I’m gonna keep a neat notebook.”

2. susan chambre on August 31, 2009 8:24 am

   Thanks for pointing this out!

   I’m going to make a copy of it and hand it out to my students.

   I think that note taking skills are very weak and students only write what the instructor writes down for them.

   Note taking is both an academic and a work skill.

   Susan Chambre