4c: Teaching Powerful Note-Taking Skills
In this module, faculty learn how to motivate students to take notes and effectively support note-taking by sharing pointers, providing skeletal outlines, allowing processing time, and using cues to signal important points.
To satisfy the module requirements, faculty must apply at least one technique, such as sharing research that supports the benefits of note-taking, teaching students how to take notes, or providing a skeletal outline.
This module is one of five modules under ACUE’s unit on Promoting Higher Order Thinking.
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