Students are likely to increase their retention of information when they interact actively with their reading by jotting comments in the margin of the text.
Type: Core Instruction and/or Student Strategy
Procedure:
Using photocopies [Google docs, post-it notes, etc.) the student is taught to engage in an ongoing 'conversation' with the writer by recording a running series of brief comments in the margins of the text. The student may write annotations to record opinions about points raised by the writer, questions triggered by the reading, or unknown vocabulary words.
Source: http://www.interventioncentral.org/academic-interventions/reading-comprehension/reading-comprehension-fix-skills-classroom-toolkit
Research Citation: Harris, J. (1990). Text annotation and underlining as metacognitive strategies to improve comprehension and retention of expository text. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference (Miami).