Note-Taking: Telegram Style.

Campbell, Joan Daniels

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Publication Date: 1988

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Note-Taking: Telegram Style.

Campbell, Joan Daniels

Learning, v16 n8 p89-90 Apr 1988

This article describes how to improve students' notetaking skills by having them pretend they are journalists wiring in a story. Students must pare down information to the essentials and calculate telegram costs. Sample exercises and a reproducible page are provided. (JL)

Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Notetaking, Research Skills, Study Skills, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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