ABSTRACT
The surge of texting has forced the issue of quick summation and abbreviation to a new foundation for refining interactive notemaking. This chapter identifies central problems in current classroom practice regarding notetaking, defines four distinct forms for notetaking, and develops a set of requisite baseline notetaking competencies written in student-friendly language. The four forms for creating notes are: gathering and categorizing; commenting and questioning; organizing and connecting; and outlining and sequencing sets. When students have a clear knowledge of the four basic types of notetaking, teachers can assist them to develop expertise in each type. An aid to the acquisition of this expertise is the use of notation basics. Students benefit from clear, user-friendly terms that describe the four basic skills they need to effectively use the four basic types of notetaking from any source material. All teachers in a building might use these basics to communicate in a fun and clear way.
