Reinforcement: Skeleton Notes

Reinforcement: Skeleton Notes

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What Are Skeleton Notes?

Skeleton notes are like the training wheels of notes. They provide students with starting points and important visual cues to prompt inclusion of important information while allowing for students to organize, arrange, and include information that will specifically support their learning. Put simply, they’ve partially completed notes. Some of the content is provided but not all of it.

Skeleton notes will look different depending on the content you’re covering and what students need to know. Generally, they contain portions of important information leaving space for students to fill in the details as they see fit. The given portion may include a table with headings filled in and the rest blank, an unlabeled diagram, a partial formula, or a text header or prompt.