During WWII, a colonel from Alaska asked Prof. Emeritus Walter J. Pauk to draft a brief guide on how to teach his soldiers to read and study effectively for their correspondence courses. The guide ...

Divide notebook paper into 3 sections, as shown in the diagram. Write the course name and date at the top of each page. Occurs during class itself. Record facts, ideas, and examples. More important ...

Business Insider recently discovered that we've been taking notes wrong for decades. MIT grad Hooman Katirai revealed that the standard method for notetaking — listen to what someone says, write down ...

Neuroscience is here to point this out to us: note-taking while learning allows us better attention and focus that promotes the memorization process. Every time we rephrase in our note-taking what we ...

If you have a serious need to memorize, you usually must take notes. Just what is it that I think is valuable about note taking? First and foremost is the requirement for engagement. Students must pay ...