Do you have your students annotate their readings? I was frustrated by their randomness and lack of connection to previous work or knowledge. I will share my assignments from this week where I hope they improve their note-taking.

Great question - yes, we annotate, but I try to change up the style often.  Last week while reading the Unit 1 Introduction article from the 1750 course, I asked them to highlight and annotate very specific things. 

Here's a sample of my Slide instructions.  In this case I was looking to assess and reinforce their understanding of scale, ccot, and comparison - the things I had introduced the week before.

I find that when I leave the instructions looser they just highlight and underline everything and they don't know why they are doing it.  

Great instruction for the specific topics & trends to look for. I find that many of my students have the same challenge: highlighting everything and not making those deeper connections.  Great suggestion, Julianne Horowitz 

Great instruction for the specific topics & trends to look for. I find that many of my students have the same challenge: highlighting everything and not making those deeper connections.  Great suggestion, Julianne Horowitz