Tanaera Green, Silvia Shenouda, Tania Flores
Question 6
6.a Which organization structures supported strong note taking?
6.a Everyone takes notes differently. Our group believes
that a mixture is needed in order to master note taking. However, jotting
allows you to be quick and get the information that you need down on paper. They
are notes that trigger memories, in a language that you can understand. You can
recall these memories on hand and then give information in greater detail at a
later time. For example, group 1 in the jottings analysis was bullet points
with single words (or a few) whereas in the headnotes, this same person was
able to expand and write a full paragraph in greater detail. Six out of the ten
participants used the bullet point tactic.
6.b Which strategies
worked in the different kinds of notes?
In jotting, the bullet point strategy seemed to work best
because it was important keywords that incorporated full ideas and gave
allowance to expansion in the later organization structures (for example, #9 in
the jotting analysis).
In headnotes, the paragraph strategy seemed to work best because
it allowed for more detail and a higher level of organization. This level of
higher organization can be seen through the chronological order of the paragraphs
as can be seen in example #7 of the headnotes analysis. In this example, we are
able to see the higher level of detail.
In observations, the strategies that worked best were
shorter style paragraphs in narrative form. This form of organization allowed
for notes and observations about everybody else which included their feelings.
For example, example #2 in the observation analysis stated how (s)he felt
cramped in the classroom which did not lead to successful interaction between
the participants. Another example is #6 of the observation analysis which
stated that everyone in the classroom was nervous including the note taker. These
types of notes were not present in the previous strategies.
6.c When did note
takers tend to look close in – and when far back?
Note takers tend to take a closer look in the observation strategy
because they expanded on the keywords by including larger forms of writing. In
these paragraphs and narratives, the note takers not only included basic
information about what happened, but they included their feelings and the
feelings (at least from their perspective) of everybody else.
The jotting note taking seemed to take a look from a far
back perspective because it was not filled with specific information. It was
taken from a generalized perspective. They used keywords such as names, items,
colors and places. This was a method used to write down what you would forget (example
#7 of jotting) but it did not convey full ideas to anyone else reading these
notes.
6.d How did the note taker
‘perspective shape his/her notes (the details s/he wrote)?
We found that in the observation analysis, note takers used the perspective to shape their notes. For example, in examples #1 and #4 of the observations analysis, they each wrote about the people in the classroom feeling uncomfortable. Taking a closer look at each of the observation examples, we found that nine out of the ten examples included some type of perspective which shaped in large the outcome of those notes.
