The "WHY" of FNT
T or F. The "Why" behind focused note-taking depends on your purpose for collecting the information.
What is TRUE.
T or F. Record main ideas and important information after your notes are taken.
What is FALSE
T or F. Interacting with your notes the first 28 minutes of taking them will stamp your learning.
What is FALSE.
T or F. Connected Thinking is thinking beyond your notes
What is TRUE
T or F. Students write summary reflections to gain insight on the teacher's perspective of their notes.
What is FALSE
Focused note-taking ______ students to take charge of their learning.
What is EMPOWER
Establish a purpose and objective for note-taking. Select the best format for the notes. Use strategies to organize notes. Condense information by using abbreviations/ symbols/paraphrasing.
What is Phase 1: Taking Notes
underlining, highlighting, circling, questioning, deleting, classifying, organizing, chunking, main idea are all examples of this
What is skills used to revise/process notes
If asked correctly, this will improve your Comprehension, Prediction, Application, Planning and Strategy
What is WONDERMENT QUESTIONS
Thinking about the notes as a whole in order to summarize and reflect on learning.
What is Phase 4: Summary Reflection
Students thoughtfully consider their _____ for note-taking and make deliberate decisions at every phase of the process.
What is PURPOSE
Both tools used for reflection and feedback, they help individuals and groups assess their experiences and identify areas of improvement. While they share the common goal of fostering growth and improvement, they focus on different aspects of the reflection process
What is a PLUS and a DELTA
Group similar ideas together while taking notes; you can copy and paste chunks of notes afterwards.
What is a digital consideration for processing notes
Asking questions about the notes AND Adding original thinking are two strategies used during focused note-taking.
What is Phase 3: Connecting Thinking
Pulling together the most important information and reflecting on personal connections so that students can demonstrate how the learning helps to meet the note-taking objective.
What is Summarizing/Reflecting
Once students internalize the focused note-taking process, they can adapt it to situations in their academic lives and beyond.
What is LIFELONG
For learning to occur most effectively, learners must revisit their notes multiple times in a variety of ways AND constantly ask questions of themselves, their notes, and the content.
What is a guiding principle
What is to COLLECT
Students are expected to make sense of information they have gathered and retrieved from long- and short-term memory.
What is Level 2 of Costa's Levels of Thinking
Summaries no longer need to be a written paragraph; they could be a quick video, audio recording, infographic, and much more. Technology allows students to create and present summaries in new and transformative ways.
What is a digital consideration for Phase 4: Summary Reflection?
It supports your cognitive processes, helps you manage your time efficiently, enhances communication, and sets the foundation for lifelong learning, all of which are critical components of success in both academic and professional spheres.
What is FOCUSED NOTE-TAKING
Helps deepen your understanding of content by actively engaging with the material, ensuring that you don’t just capture information but process and internalize it.
What is the five phases of focused note-taking
Help you prioritize essential information, identify connections, and reinforce your comprehension by internalize the material in different ways, giving you a more holistic and thorough understanding of what’s most important in your notes.
What is Phase 2: Processing your notes
By integrating inquiry into your note-taking process, you actively engage with the material and push yourself to think critically, reflectively, and creatively.
What is Connected Thinking (Phase 3)
The goal is to distill key information in a concise way, while also making connections between what you’ve learned and your objectives for note-taking (e.g., comprehension, retention, application)
What is Phase 4 of the FNT process.