Howard Community College Improving Student Learning and College Teaching
	By Dr. James Bell, Professor of Psychology with help from the HCC Faculty October 1998

Ideas on Lecturing from a Variety of Places and People

What are Some Ways to Help Students Write Better Notes?

1. Provide an outline and have students fill in the outline.

2. Provide study questions before the lecture to structure note taking.

3. Teach students to take better notes.

4. Put a detailed set of notes on the board or a handout and then lecture. Discuss with students what was put into the notes and why.

5. As you give the lecture, have another teacher take notes on a transparency so that students can see the process of taking notes.

6. Collect student notes and provide feedback.

7. As the lecturer, at first give specific hints while lecturing of what should be noted. In future lectures fade out the hints. Teach students to pick up subtle hints.

8. Teach students to take notes (not word for word) on the right side of the notebook. After class request that they rewrite and organize the notes on the left side.

9. Provide complete notes to students.

Lecturing, Ideas from a Variety of Places and People: Advantages | Disadvantages |
Ways to Get Feedback | Ideas to Consider | Ways to Help Students Write Better Notes |
Changing to Another Approach Every 10 Min | Selected Sources on Lecturing

Ideas to Improve Learning: Lecturing | Cooperative Learning |
Teaching Enrichment | Active Learning | Expectations of High School Graduates

Faculty Resources: All College Teachers | Psychology Teachers |
Teaching Thinking | Increasing Student Learning | Outcomes Assessment | What’s New?

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