Guest Blog Post by Carl Pletsch, Ph.D. Do your students take notes? Whether students take notes in class or not may be important. The process of note-taking may (a) have an impact on student learning, ...

Last spring, as I was preparing for a new semester, I had an epiphany: Closed-book exams seem to unfairly aid students who excel at memorization. So I decided to allow my classes to use notes during ...

Not sure what to expect from your college courses? One thing’s for sure, taking good notes will be a big part of your preparation and success. Prepare before you go. Make sure you’ve read or at least ...

Note-taking is a written practice that has being with us for centuries. Note-taking is the practice of writing down or otherwise recording key points for information. It has it key significance from ...

Works like a charm. You get so caught up in something that you completely miss what is actually more important. Misdirection can thwart the nefarious plans of movie villains and sometimes (temporarily ...