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dc.contributor.advisorChairperson, Graduate Committee: Walter Woolbaughen
dc.contributor.authorFerrigan, Timothy Charlesen
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-30T19:15:47Z
dc.date.available2020-03-30T19:15:47Z
dc.date.issued2019en
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/15661en
dc.description.abstractThroughout my own educational career, both high school and college, note-taking has always been an important part. As a teacher in the classroom of today, I still try to instill that practice in my students. I know the powers that be would like the standard lecture and note taking go by the wayside. I believe it can still be part of the educational process and the art of note taking can be beneficial to students in their future educational or career endeavors. Over the past fifteen years as a teacher, I have seen students struggle with note taking. The standard practice for lecture and note taking is to display a PowerPoint presentation and while the teacher talks and clicks through the presentation, the student scramble to write things down. Is there a strategy that would be beneficial to the students and help with retention of the lecture material? This is what lead me to my classroom research project. The main research question for the project asks if certain note taking strategies influence retention of science concepts in high school students. The project consisted of three note taking strategies: student-generated, partial (fill in the blanks), and guided. The data collection consisted of pre- and post-assessments, a summative assessment, and a teacher journal. Based on the data obtained, there was about a four percent increase in retention when guided notes were used by student compared to the student-generated notes. A larger discrepancy exists between the partial note strategy and the other two strategies. I believe the data shows no particular note taking strategy outweighs another.en
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dc.publisherMontana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Scienceen
dc.subject.lcshScienceen
dc.subject.lcshHigh school studentsen
dc.subject.lcshNote-takingen
dc.subject.lcshEvaluationen
dc.titleThe effects of note taking strategies on retention of science content on high school studentsen
dc.typeProfessional Paperen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 by Timothy Charles Ferriganen
thesis.degree.committeemembersMembers, Graduate Committee: Greg Francis.en
thesis.degree.departmentMaster of Science in Science Education.en
thesis.degree.genreProfessional Paperen
thesis.degree.nameMSen
thesis.format.extentfirstpage1en
thesis.format.extentlastpage104en
mus.relation.departmentMaster of Science in Science Education.en_US
mus.data.thumbpage102en


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