I have settled. I am going to research classroom notebooks. I have had comments from students that they do not use their notebooks to study. I work very hard to make sure they have coherent notes, good diagrams, concept maps, venn diagrams and other useful material in the notebook.
But my students toell me they really don't use the notebook. When I sent out a survey to ask them what they did use to study... most said nothing. they didn't really study. a few did use the notebook and they had grades at the top of the class but this was only a few.
So I will select either interactive or cornell notes in my classroom. I may modify depending on the literature I find and other teachers I speak with. My desire is to have a notebook that they can own! not just some place to take notes to satisfy the quarterly grade I give them for keeping it organized and complete.
