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re: Is giving students a complete set of notes a good idea?

sjackman — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:35:33 GMT

I can easily see students becoming passive and bored with a class when they are given *complete* notes. In fact, there is research to support this. On the other hand, students who receive no notes may also become lost during the class as the concepts pass by quickly and they become confused. (There's research to support this as well.)

Several studies support the idea of providing students with a skeletal outline for each class. There is enough information to guide them through the class, but they will certainly need to fill in details on their own. How you design this outline is up to you, of course, but it's probably something worth thinking about for future classes.

re: Is giving students a complete set of notes a good idea?

dlow — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:21:45 GMT

I had someone ask me that exact question in class today. It was late in the class and I think he was getting tired of taking notes. :)

When I was in school and I had the notes ahead of time, I couldn't help but get distracted and turn off my brain whenever the professor began reading off of their notes. Bare minimal of involvement means the student should be copying notes off the board, anything else and they're just zombies, little chance for retention in class.

re: Learning Your Students' Names

mmeixner — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:14:07 GMT

Apparently the first link from the Tomorrow's Professor Listserv isn't working! Sorry! I tried editing the link several times and couldn't fix it. To access the article, please go to the Tomorrow's Professor homepage at: ctl.stanford.edu/.../index.shtml, then use the search tab (far right tab) and type in Learning Your Students' Names. It should take you directly to the article.