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Note Sheets: A Reliable Predictor of Success?

Journal of College Science Teaching—November 2001

Students in a large introductory-level biology course brought one page of notes to their exams. The authors scored these note sheets for their format and content. Student performance on exams showed a very limited correlation with the format or content of note sheets. Results suggest that, for some students, preparing note sheets is not an effective study method.

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