{"id":4324,"date":"2019-03-04T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/blog\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2019-03-04T10:04:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T15:04:46","slug":"taking-notes-with-graphic-organizers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/taking-notes-with-graphic-organizers\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Notes with Graphic Organizers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AdobeStock_142663998_credit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3335\" src=\"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AdobeStock_142663998_credit-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"research-based advice for students\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AdobeStock_142663998_credit-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AdobeStock_142663998_credit-768x646.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AdobeStock_142663998_credit-1024x861.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;ve blogged (<a href=\"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/\/theres-no-polite-way-to-say-i-told-you-so\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quite energetically<\/a>) about the difference between handwritten and laptop notes.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, other note-taking differences merit investigation as well.<\/p>\n<p>For example: if students take handwritten notes, is it better to give them:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a complete lecture outline,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a partial lecture outline,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a bare-bones lecture outline,<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a complete graphic organizer,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a partial one, or<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">an empty one?<\/p>\n<p>Over at the Learning Scientists,\u00a0Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningscientists.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/18-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explores this question<\/a>, and adds some thoughts of her own.<\/p>\n<h2>One Man&#8217;s Experience<\/h2>\n<p>This article particular caught my eye because it applies so directly to my own work.<\/p>\n<p>When I talk with teachers, students, or parents about brains, I always provide them with option #5 above: an incomplete graphic organizer.<\/p>\n<p>My goal: reduce working memory load. (I&#8217;m always focused on reducing extraneous working memory load.)<\/p>\n<p>The informal feedback I get is strongly positive. Many teachers, in fact, tell me that they&#8217;ve started using the same form with their own students.<\/p>\n<p>When you read Dr.\u00a0Kuepper-Tetzel&#8217;s post, you&#8217;ll see how well (if at all) my practice accords with the research we have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers office us concrete advice on the best form for handwritten notes: outlines vs. graphic organizers; incomplete vs. complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":3335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15,30],"class_list":["post-4324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lb-blog","tag-classroom-advice","tag-working-memory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4324"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4352,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324\/revisions\/4352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}