Note Sheets: A Reliable Predictor of Success?

by: Brian White, Robert Ceglie, and Denise Puopolo

Students in a large introductory-level biology course brought one page of notes to their exams. The authors scored these note sheets for their format and content. Student performance on exams showed a very limited correlation with the format or content of note sheets. Results suggest that, for some students, preparing note sheets is not an effective study method.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 11/1/2001Stock # jcst01_031_03_188Volume 031Issue 03

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