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3 Ways to Make Learning Stick With Better Note-Taking

When students rely on verbatim notes and highlighting, they don’t actually retain information very well—but research points to several methods that work better.

November 16, 2022

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Studies show that students who use visual note-taking tactics like sketch notes, concept maps, and graphic organizers process information more deeply, retain significantly more of what they’ve learned, and sharpen their higher-order thinking skills too. If you’d like to learn more about the research cited in the video, please see the links below:

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