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Reed, David E.; Jones, Guinevere Z. – Education Sciences, 2021
The high-school-to-college transition can be difficult as students are adapting to a multitude of academic and social changes simultaneously. The University of Wyoming has created a first-semester program targeted at development of student skills for at-risk students using paired first-year seminar classes. Using student survey data from both pre-…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, At Risk Students, College Freshmen, Student Adjustment
Conderman, Greg – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2019
As students advance to and through middle school, teachers expect them to meet higher academic expectations. Students' ability to meet these expectations depends, in part, on their use of effective study skills. Using notecards represents one study skill that students can use flexibly in many subjects to prepare for upcoming assessments. With some…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Study Skills, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
Reed, Deborah K.; Rimel, Hillary; Hallett, Abigail – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Although note taking is frequently described as an important skill for postsecondary success, there have been few note-taking intervention studies involving multiple sessions spanning more than one week. In a systematic search, we identified seven peer-reviewed articles reporting 10 intervention studies published from 1990-2014. The only…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Notetaking, Intervention, Meta Analysis
Nancy Frey; Douglas Fisher – English Journal, 2018
Interest in study skills, one of the older realms of educational research, is enjoying a resurgence. Several forces in the field have fueled renewed interest in how learners can best use academic, organizational, and time-management skills to master content. As teacher leaders at a high school, the authors remain in contact with many of their…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Self Management, Skill Development, High School Graduates
Chang, Wan-Chen; Ku, Yu-Min – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The authors investigated the effects of a 5-week note-taking skills instructional program on note-taking and reading comprehension performance of elementary students. The participants included 349 fourth-grade students from 2 elementary schools in Taiwan. The Note-Taking Instruction group received approximately 40 min of note-taking skills…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Elementary School Students, Skill Development, Reading Comprehension
van der Meer, Jacques – Teaching in Higher Education, 2012
Note-taking in lectures is often taken to be the distinguishing characteristic of learning at university. It is typically assumed that this is a commonsensical skill that students either have or will learn through trial and error. The data from a research project in one New Zealand university suggest that taking good notes is not a skill that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Notetaking, Performance Factors
Wurdinger, Scott; Rudolph, Jennifer – Improving Schools, 2009
US high schools appear to measure success according to the number of students admitted into four-year institutions each year. Although this is one measure, there are some schools that focus on developing important life skills needed to become productive members of society. Online surveys were sent out to alumni, students, teachers, and parents to…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Alumni, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
Shermis, Michael – 1989
This bibliography contains 36 annotations of resources in the ERIC database (ranging from 1983 to 1989) concerning study skills, note-taking, test-taking, and other organizational skills. The first section of this bibliography provides resources for developing good study habits, how to change study behavior, allocating study time, and study…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Notetaking, Skill Development, Study Habits

Kiewra, Kenneth A. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Summarizes research on the advantages of students taking their own notes, with suggestions for ways to take good notes. (AEA)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Notetaking, Recall (Psychology), Skill Development

Hughes, Charles A.; Suritsky, Sharon K. – Preventing School Failure, 1993
Research indicates that students with learning disabilities may experience significant difficulty with taking notes during teacher lectures. Approaches for helping students include task accommodations (such as taping the lectures or purchasing notes) and notetaking skill/strategy instruction (such as paraphrasing, outlining, using abbreviations,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Lecture Method, Notetaking
Beirne-Smith, Mary – Academic Therapy, 1989
A five-step method for teaching notetaking skills in students with mild learning handicaps includes evaluating current performance, teaching preskills, teaching a notetaking system, providing for distributed practice, and providing for skill generalization. Additional practical suggestions for teachers are provided. (MSE)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Learning Disabilities

Suritsky, Sharon K.; Hughes, Charles A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
The literature on notetaking is reviewed, including theoretical perspectives and listener- and lecturer-controlled variables influencing both the encoding function and storage functions of notetaking. Findings are applied to training secondary and postsecondary students with learning disabilities in notetaking skills. (DB)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Lecture Method, Listening Skills, Notetaking
Williams, Jane M. – 1987
This student-oriented instructional booklet provides strategies for students for notebook organization, time management, note-taking, reading and highlighting assignments, homework completion, and test-taking. The booklet's first section, "Preparing for Classes," offers tips for keeping a notebook, an assignment sheet, a calendar, a daily and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Homework, Learning Strategies, Notetaking
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1993
Many suggestions can be made, which, if put into practice, can help students learn more and earn better grades. Some study habits that relate to study efficiency are: selecting ideal study time; adjusting surroundings; length of time for each study session; the way to go about reading; and the way students take notes. Probably the single most…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, High Schools, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Petercsak, Stephen J., Jr. – 1986
Reinforcing the concept that study skills instruction needs to be part of the curriculum at every grade level and needs to be taught through a developmental approach, this resource book provides suggested student competencies, teaching approaches, and sample activities. This guide contains a section for each of seven study skills--locating…
Descriptors: Alphabetizing Skills, Classification, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education