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narrating vs note taking
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I was talking with a friend the other day and she mentioned that she was having her kids take notes as she read to them from their history and science this year. She stated that she was doing this because “that is what they would have to do when they go to college”.
This got me to thinking. If you teach your child to attend and narrate, would this work better than the common note-taking method of remembering?
Any thoughts?
Rebecca
I think note-taking is a valuable skill for anyone. I think the kids would have to be old enough (high school??) to write rapidly enough to keep up with what’s being said and developed enough to write a note and still listen to the lecture. I can’t see my 11 year old doing that yet. Not even my 13 year old would do well at that yet.
I recently read a description of how Charlotte’s students at her teacher-training college did this. They were expected to sit through the lecture/class and pay full attention — no note-taking. Then the teacher left them 10-15 minutes at the end to sit in silence and write everything they could remember.
I realize that this wouldn’t be the normal way things are done in a typical college today. But I found it quite fascinating, and I wonder if it would help our high school students make this transition during their later years if needed. Just thinking out loud.
I found this very interesting. I have done both. When my kids took notes, they had better papers, but one daughter just wrote way too much & took forever. Another daughter wrote a great narration, but didn’t remember what she learned – it was just to get it done. I think it worked well for my son as he noted things like dates or a name of a place. His narrations were well done and he remembered what I wanted him to.
We have also done both, I taught the girls notetaking early on as part of the learning process, then we practised by taking notes from a video lecture. The girls also narrate back orally and in written form on a regular basis. I have found that by having them tell each other, or tell me about what they have learned, out loud, really seems to stick in their heads, so it is a favorite tool of mine.
They have seen a college lecture first hand, and know that it is a much tougher situation, CM’s method is great, but won’t really work so well in college today as Sonya said, so I have told them to use all the skills they have including narration, telling each other and notetaking on a regular basis, so as to maximise all the methods.
I really like for them to come to me and explain a lecture to me, from that I find it really cements the lesson in their heads, and they recall really well later on – but I don’t want to neglect all the other ways, as each scenario they come across in college may be different. Linda
I think it depends on the age of the child. My kids are 11 and 7, so I don’t plan note-taking lessons for quite some time. However, my kids do see me take notes when we attend programs sometimes, so I hope they will be comfortable with the idea when the time comes.
For what it’s worth, my friend has recently returned to college. She tells me that the students bring laptops to class and take notes on the computer during lecture. That was news to me!
Edit: Oops…I now see this post was in the High School forum…sorry for jumping in when my kids are much younger. However, I’m keeping my post because the second paragraph might provide some thought for how to cover notetaking skills – both the old-fashioned and new-tech ways.
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