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Way back in 10th grade, when we were learning how to do research papers on the back of a coal shovel, our teacher had us take all our notes on 3x5 cards. We had to submit them as part of the grade ...
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2019-12-13T12:00:16Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T02:50:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Way back in 10th grade, when we were learning how to do research papers on the back of a coal shovel, our teacher had us take all our notes on 3x5 cards. We had to submit them as part of the grade — she actually went around with a bag and we had to toss in our rubber-banded stack of cards. _Edit to clarify:_ Each card had one note or thought on it: "After a flower blooms and has wilted, pinch it off. This is known as 'deadheading,' and improves the health of the plant." If the next thought is about weeding, it goes on a different card. Maybe that should be part of the technique: the students take notes on the 3x5 cards (what they should put on each card can be up to them or up to you), and then you sit with either one example or with each student to show how the information can literally be reshuffled. Every card needs a source line (we put ours on the back) so that when the cards are rearranged, it's easy to source any given item.
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2013-04-25T18:18:00Z (over 11 years ago)
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