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Earopeners and eyecatchersListening skills and note-taking strategies in
today’s first-year college [email protected] & [email protected]
Office of Study and Career Guidance
EFYE 2015 Bergen, Norway
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HOST EFYE APRIL 2016
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Table of contentsResearch results Practical output
Digital immigrants & digital natives
Whole-classroom teaching
Research: goal Developing tools/’ear openers’
To enhance students’ listening and note-taking skills
To stimulate lecturers to pay more attention to listening skills in their didactics
In a context of whole-classroom teaching
Research: design
Literature review
Mapping what issues there are and for who.
Focus groups - lecturers - students
Question-naire
n = 767
Quantifiable date to see what issues there are and for who
Focus group
- lecturers- students
To get a more detailled picture on the issues experienced.
Practicaltips
- develop an instrument to sensitize students
- develop a tool to enhance lecturers’ didactics
EXPECTATIONS: POLLCategories: 0-25%, 25-50%, 50-75%, 75-100%
RESULTS
LISTENING SKILLSGeneral results
Can students still listen?I can easily follow whole-class
teachingI get easily distracted during whole-
class teaching
Series10
102030405060708090
100
Series10
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100
…when the teacher teaches passionately.
…when the content is interesting.
…when I see my peers think it is interesting.
…when I feel well and there isn't too much noise.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
When do students listen?
I pay the most attention…
92%
NOTE TAKINGGeneral results
Can students take notes?I take notes during classes.
I get distracted from listening and note taking at the same time.
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60
NeverRarelyOftenAlways
5: Very annoying
1: Not annoying at all
Can students take notes?I take notes during classes.
I get distracted from listening and note taking at the same time.
Se-ries1
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
NeverRarelyOftenAlways
5: Very annoying
1: Not annoying at all
24%
…when I find the content of the class interesting.
…when the teacher clearly stresses what is important.
…when my fellow students take a lot of notes.
I don't take notes because I find it hard to listen and take notes at the same time.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
When and why do students take notes?
I take the most notes…
94,7%
5: Very important4321: Least important
I find it important to take notes because it helps me to pay more attention.
5: Very important4321: Least important
I find it important to take notes because it helps me to pay more attention.
64%
5: Very important4321: Least important
I find it important to take notes because it helps me to retain the content.
5: Very important4321: Least important
I find it important to take notes because it helps me to retain the content.
75%
LECTURERGeneral results
5: Very annoying4321: Not annoying at all
The lecturer merely reads the slides aloud.
5: Very annoying4321: Not annoying at all
The lecturer merely reads the slides aloud.
81%
5: Very annoying4321: Not annoying at all
The lecturer jumps from one topic to the other.
5: Very annoying4321: Not annoying at all
The lecturer jumps from one topic to the other.
82%
5: Very annoying4321: Not annoying at all
The class has no structure.
5: Very annoying4321: Not annoying at all
The class has no structure.
86%
5: Very important4321: Least important
It find it important to takes notes when the lecturer repeats or stresses something.
5: Very important4321: Least important
It find it important to takes notes when the lecturer repeats or stresses something.
93%
POWERPOINTGeneral results
…contains mostly clips and videos addressed by the teachers.
…shows the structure of the lecture and the lecturer explains the most important information.
…contains all the content and everything the lecturer says.
A good PowerPoint is no PowerPoint.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
A good PowerPoint
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strongly disargeedisagreeagreestrongly agree
I consider the PowerPointas a summary of the lecture.
80%
The PowerPoint is a summary of the class.
The PowerPoint is a scheme of the class to be completed with your own notes.
The PowerPoint contains all the content for the exam.
De PowerPoint holds extra material that illustrates the course.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
84%
RESULTS BASED ON GENDERGeneral results
Is this why girls do better? Girls take notes more often Girls take more notes Girls invest more in/rely more on their notes
+ Note taking helps girls more to pay attention
You learn it by doing.
Annoying elementsThe teacher is too abstract and gives few examples
64,7%… if I don’t understand why a class is important
56,3%The teacher only reads the slides 83,4%
I pay more attention when the teacher asks questions 72,3%
The teacher doesn’t ask questions 24,6%
61%
54,9%
76,4%
84,6%
36,4%
FIRST-YEAR VS NOT FIRST-YEARGeneral results
First-year students are not adapted to new form
46,5%
26,8%
51,7%
33,6%
Whole-class teaching is too fast
During whole-class teaching I want to note down everything
First-year students - %
Year two or older students - %
First-year students - %
Year two or older students - %
Never OftenRarely Always
Absolutely don’t agree
Don’t agree Agree Absolutelyagree
Whole-class teaching is too fast
During whole-class teaching I want to note down everything
32,9%
53,9%
57,6%
66,8%
42,6%
58,5%
Whole-class teaching is boring
I’m easily distracted when there is only a PowerPoint
I have trouble focussing during whole-class teaching
Absolutely don’t agree
Don’t agree Agree Absolutelyagree
Absolutely don’t agree
Don’t agree Agree Absolutelyagree
Never OftenRarely Always
First-year students - %
Year two or older students - %
First-year students - %
Year two or older students - %
First-year students - %
Year two or older students - %
Whole-class teaching is boring
I’m easily distracted when there is only a PowerPoint
I have trouble focussing during whole-class teaching
Not adapted BUT more engaged Older students
+ 10% more distracted by commute + 25% more distracted by assignments
Coping and motivation
Not adapted
Secondary education
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
No Yes
Have you learned to take notes?
Higher education
Secondary education
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
No Yes
Have you learned to take notes?
Notes/PowerPoint: value vs use Same value
Expectations 79,2% – 79,3% (agree) Importance 95,6% – 95,7% (agree) Necessary addition89,8% – 91% (agree)
Different use of first-year students Print more (before/afterwards) +13,6%/+9% Take more notes +8,5% Too much material +12%
CONCLUSIONSGeneral results
Importance of…
6 EAR OPENERSTools for lecturers
ONLINE SCREENINGTools for students: www.klaarvoorhogeronderwijs.be
DISCUSSION
How can you improve listening skills?
How can you reinforce effective and accurate note-taking?
Do you make your PowerPoint slides available before class or not?
Is PowerPoint killing note-taking?
Discussion
