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Why your students’ notes suck and how to improve them

Why your students’ notes suck and how to improve them

by mindroar | Feb 20, 2021 | blog, teaching strategies, teaching study skills

Imagine this, you are at home after work. Teacher-brain has descended and you feel like your brain is processing at half-speed. You walk in the door, hang your bag on a hook, unpack your kids’ bags, and turn on the TV hoping to distract said kids while you cook...
5 research-backed reasons you should be teaching mind mapping

5 research-backed reasons you should be teaching mind mapping

by mindroar | Jan 28, 2021 | blog, reasons why you should, teaching, teaching strategies, teaching study skills

“This is boring!” said Billie-Jean to her friend seated next to her. I wasn’t supposed to hear it, but I did. And my heart sank a little. Medieval history was one of my favorite topics to teach in my Year 9 Social Sciences class. All those castles,...
8 awesome reasons to focus on study skills in ELA

8 awesome reasons to focus on study skills in ELA

by mindroar | Jan 14, 2021 | blog, teaching study skills

In the first senior English class I taught, I was stunned one day when I asked students to write a bibliography for their research paper only to be met with blank stares and *crickets*. So, I spent the next 20 minutes explaining how to research. On the board, I drew...
CrashCourse: a powerful way to teach high schoolers digital research skills

CrashCourse: a powerful way to teach high schoolers digital research skills

by mindroar | Oct 9, 2020 | blog, teaching study skills

How often have you marked a student paper only to find a Wikipedia entry staring back at you? You taught them digital research skills, but their work doesn’t show that you have. Cue the sigh and face-palm. As teachers, we’ve all been there. But maybe...
A Tired Teacher’s Guide: What You Need To Know About Visual Note-taking

A Tired Teacher’s Guide: What You Need To Know About Visual Note-taking

by mindroar | Apr 16, 2020 | blog, teaching strategies, teaching study skills

The first time I heard about visual note-taking (also called sketch notes or doodle notes), I thought letting kids draw in class was crazy! How could students remember information if it was drawn in their books? How would kids remember all the facts, stats, ideas, and...
Quickly teach your students to take effective outline notes

Quickly teach your students to take effective outline notes

by mindroar | Mar 20, 2020 | blog, Crash Course Study Skills, teaching study skills

Feeling about fifty weeks pregnant on a sweaty, dusty day about a year ago, I stumbled across my old university lecture notes while packing boxes to move house. When I read through them, I realised I had written notes that were chunky, random, and disorganised. Sound...
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