1. The AVID College Readiness System 1 AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society. AVID COLLEGE READINESS SYSTEM

2. 2015 AVID National Conference Focused Note-taking in your classroom Gordon Mosher – AVID Program Manager 2

3. Why do we Take Notes? 3 “One learns through the processing of information by the brain. Words very, very seldom imprint themselves on the brain; but ones thinking does.” -Walter Pauk

4. Quickwrite HOW and WHEN did you learn to take notes? 4

5. Essential Question 5 How would this information have helped me as a student, and how will I apply it in my classroom to better prepare students?

6. Cornell Note-taking System (10 Steps) 6 NOTE- MAKING NOTE- INTERACTING NOTE- REFLECTING STEP 1 C reate Format STEP 1 C reate Format STEP 2 O rganize Notes STEP 2 O rganize Notes STEP 3 R eview & Revise notes STEP 3 R eview & Revise notes STEP 6 L ink learning to create a synthesized summary STEP 6 L ink learning to create a synthesized summary STEP 4 N ote key ideas to create questions STEP 4 N ote key ideas to create questions STEP 5 E xchange ideas by collaboration STEP 5 E xchange ideas by collaboration STEP 7 Use completed Cornell notes as a L earning tool STEP 7 Use completed Cornell notes as a L earning tool STEP 8 W ritten Feedback STEP 8 W ritten Feedback STEP 9 A ddress Written Feedback STEP 9 A ddress Written Feedback STEP 10 Y our reflection STEP 10 Y our reflection NOTE- TAKING

7. CORNELL WAY (10 steps) 7 C REATE FORMAT O RGANIZE NOTES R EVIEW & REVISE N OTE KEY IDEAS E XCHANGE IDEAS L INK LEARNING L EARNING TOOL W RITTEN FEEDBACK A DDRESS FEEDBACK Y OUR REFLECTION

8. Samples from MyAVID (my.avid.org) 8

9. Any Paper will do! 9

10. Step 1 – CREATE the Format 10 Name, Date, Class, Topic, Essential Question

11. Step 2 – ORGANIZE Notes 11 Listen & take notes in your own words Paraphrase what you hear Skip lines between concept changes Abbreviate Use symbols Write in phrases Use bullets/lists Recognize cues

12. Guided Practice – Let’s Try this! 12 Topic: Research Behind Note- taking Essential Question What is the rationale and research that supports the importance of note-taking?

13. Hermann Ebbinghaus 13 German psychologist & researcher Late 1800’s

14. The Curve of Forgetting 14 33.7% Retention After 1 Day! 25.4% Retention After 6 Days!

15. Let’s Change the Curve 15 10 Minutes 24 Hours 7 Days 10-24-7

16. Waulter Pauk 16 Cornell University

17. Research – Marzano, Pickering & Pollack, 2001 17 Classroom Instruction That Works “Effective Teaching Requires Tools that work”

18. Summarizing and Note-taking 18 Effect Size 1.00 (34 percentile gain) Identifying & Understanding Summarizing & Note-taking Deleting, Substituting & keeping some key information Learning to analyze Becoming aware of information structures

19. Step 3 – Review & Revise Notes 19

20. What should this look like? 20

21. Step 4 – Note Key Ideas 21 Identify first “Chunk” or “Big Idea” of the notes and label (1) Write a question about the main idea of that “Chunk” Repeat until all “Big Ideas” are identified with corresponding questions on the left side of the notes

22. Step 4 – What should this look like? 22

23. Step 5 – Exchange Ideas (Collaborate) 23 When peers work together to review their notes, the collaboration results in enhanced learning.

24. Step 6 – Link Learning 24 Summary Review notes Synthesize and combine main ideas Address the Essential question Link the answers from the questions you generated on the left

25. Step 7 – Learning Tool 25

26. Step 8 – Written Feedback 26

27. Step 9 – Address Feedback 27

28. Step 10 – Your Reflection 28 Develop a learning log to guide students’ thinking Identify 3 key learnings from your summaries How can you apply these learnings to another concept? What questions are still unanswered?

29. 29 Need some more information? Try the Focused Note-taking DVD or…………

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31. 3-2-1 Take Away 31 3Take-Aways from this session 2Note-taking changes you will make 1Colleague you will share this with

32. 2014 AVID National Conference 32 Thank You for coming! Questions: Contact your State/Area Program Manager Don’t know who that is? Email: programsupport@avid.org Mark Ermi: mermi@avid.org Gordon Mosher: gmosher@avid.org