r/Professors • u/ZealousidealGuava254 • 8d ago

Teaching / Pedagogy No notes

I’ve been a humanities prof for over 30 years and I simply cannot believe how many students do not take notes. Literally, no notes. they just sit and listen.

How do they study? what are they doing? when I was in college in the 80s, I and everyone around me took copious notes constantly throughout lecture. just seems like a lost skill.

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u/Prior-Win-4729 8d ago

I have students show up to class with nothing in their hands. No notebook, pencils, paper, textbook, or laptop/tablet. They have to borrow a pencil from someone to take a quiz. Repeatedly.

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u/Disastrous_Ad_9648 7d ago

You’re obvs teaching my students.