I am thinking about study strategies in and outside of the classroom. I was walking around the large lecture class today and was struck by the number of students I saw taking detailed notes. This was then juxtaposed by an almost equal number of students sitting there texting, on FB and other sites in lieu of taking notes or paying attention.

Some studies have noted that the current generation in our classes are good at multi-tasking, but a recent spate of studies acknowledge that this is not the case. Based on what I see in the classroom and in my office, I have to offer that some students need to re-think multi-tasking. Staying in the moment is important. And, this needs to be countered with effective reading of the course materials and note-taking during class and from the reading of the course materials.