Notes, Noted

A few days ago, I wrote an entry on this blog to the effect that I wanted to instruct my daughter on the value and methodology of taking notes. Last night, she came home with a relatively decent method, consisting of printed sheets where she's supposed to list the concept being described, then the major facts, and finally details for each of the facts.

Of course, since I didn't build it, the method's not perfect (g). It assumes some basic methodological knowledge that she doesn't have (no comment on whether the instructor presented that material in class; she probably did, though). Consequently, last night all three of us spent some quality time together, reorganizing her notes into something useful. The good news was, once that was done, she was able to immediately write an outline based on the notes. The bad news was, we're not convinced that she can do it on her own, yet.

But its a start.