earopeners and eyecatchers listening skills and note-taking strategies in today’s first-year...

Earopeners and eyecatchersListening skills and note-taking strategies in

today’s first-year college studentsPieterjan.bonne@arteveldehs.be & Joke.vrijders@arteveldehs.be

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

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100

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…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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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.

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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.

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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