Nowhere in anyone's curriculum are study skills, either at the secondary or post-secondary level. One of the most important skills for learning is note-taking.
Note-taking is usually learned OJT (on
the job) which means there's a big learning curve. I can't really
tell you when I learned to be efficient at taking notes, but by my
Sophomore year I was reasonably proficient.
Which brings up the old joke:
How do you tell the Senior from the
Freshman in the classroom?
When the Professor enters and say “Good
Morning”
The Senior says “Good Morning”
The Freshman writes down in his
notebook, “Good Morning”
A quick online course that you or your
students can review for note-taking tips can be found on the PepNet
website. It's under revision, but is still informative.
The course can be found here:
http://www.pepnet.org/projects/notetaker/index.php
