Stand at the back of a crowded lecture hall any given morning, and you’ll get a full picture of the different note taking methods students employ at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Some opt for ...

For the average professor, a student whose notebook is full of miscellaneous papers, magazine clippings, grocery lists, foil, dryer lint or playing cards doesn’t seem like an effective use of space.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer, an NYU professor, has bought her students notebooks for their assessments. She didn't want to approach ...