If there is one essential skill that students should master in schools and universities, it is the art of taking good notes. Notes that are not copied and pasted from professors' slides, not even the ...

During WWII, a colonel from Alaska asked Prof. Emeritus Walter J. Pauk to draft a brief guide on how to teach his soldiers to read and study effectively for their correspondence courses. The guide ...

For the average professor, a student whose notebook is full of miscellaneous papers, magazine clippings, grocery lists, foil, dryer lint or playing cards doesn’t seem like an effective use of space.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Hopkins for Mashable When you're a student, your notes are your lifeblood. With more online options than ever for note-taking ...

Most college students know from experience that not all notes are equally effective. Research has shown that the quality of notes can make a difference in learning. Some suggestions: Material written ...

Have you ever left a lecture or finished reading a chapter with pages of neatly written notes, only to realize later that you barely remember the material? For decades, note-taking has been hailed as ...