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How to Help Students Improve Their Note-Taking Skills

Students love it when teachers provide class notes—the more complete the set, the better. Students want the teacher's notes online because it's convenient, they're readable, well organized, and relieve the student of having to expend much effort during class. A lot of students need the teacher's notes because they aren't very good note-takers themselves. They practice stenography rather than note-taking, trying to get down the teacher's words exactly. That way, even if they don't understand, they can memorize what the teacher said and find it on the test. But that's not learning.

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