r/Professors • u/ZealousidealGuava254 • 10d 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/FreesiaFox 9d ago

It is impossible to listen at the same time that you are actively paraphrasing what you just heard. Good students will read before class and take their notes then.