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Developing Your Metacognitive Skills - Note Taking Guide: Beginning of Class - Plan & Connect

This document provides guidance on developing metacognitive note taking skills. It explains that metacognition involves reflecting on one's own thinking and learning. The document outlines a note taking guide involving planning before class, monitoring understanding during class by noting insights, questions, and comprehension levels, and reflecting after class through summarization. Key aspects include connecting new topics to prior knowledge, writing questions, and identifying follow up items or conflicts with previous understanding.

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Developing Your Metacognitive Skills - Note Taking Guide: Beginning of Class - Plan & Connect

This document provides guidance on developing metacognitive note taking skills. It explains that metacognition involves reflecting on one's own thinking and learning. The document outlines a note taking guide involving planning before class, monitoring understanding during class by noting insights, questions, and comprehension levels, and reflecting after class through summarization. Key aspects include connecting new topics to prior knowledge, writing questions, and identifying follow up items or conflicts with previous understanding.

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Developing Your Metacognitive Skills – Note Taking Guide

Metacognition is thinking about one’s own thinking, and refers to the ability to reflect upon, understand, manipulate,
and regulate how one is thinking during learning. Metacognitive note taking involves planning, monitoring, and
reflecting while participating in class activities.

Beginning of Class - Plan & Connect

Date: Course:

Topics/Learning Outcomes:

Connections: What do I already know about this topic? How does it relate to something I already know about? What questions do
I already have about this topic?

Middle of Class – Monitor Learning

Monitoring Learning Notes


Create a left hand column for noting Use this space for taking traditional notes on what is being presented.
insights, confusions and questions that
arise.

- Record insights and “ah-huh!” moments. If you


suddenly realize that you understand something,
or you make a connection between the current
material and something you already know (such
as previous course material), make sure to write
those thoughts down. You may also include
feelings and other comments.

- Write questions. Questions are the best


evidence you have that you are actually thinking
about the material. Note your response to the
questions you have.

- Monitor your level of understanding. Pay


attention to what is happening inside your head
(metacognition).

- Note items to follow up on.

End of Class – Reflect and Evaluate Learning (3- 5minutes)

At the bottom of your notes for each class, draw a line below your notes to write a summary. Below are some guiding
questions to assist with writing.

1. What were the most important ideas of today’s class session?


2. What did I hear today that is in conflict with my prior understanding?
3. How did the ideas of today’s class session relate to previous class sessions?
4. What do I need to actively go and do now to get my questions answered and my confusions clarified?
5. What did I find most interesting about class today?

Summary:

Adapted from Stephen Carroll & Melissa Ganus with elements from Tanner D. Promoting student metacognition. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2012;11:113–120

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