Simple Interest Doodle Notes
Calculating Simple Interest: 2 page visual interactive "doodle notes" set for financial math -
When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity:
- new learning
- relaxation (less math anxiety)
- visual connections
- better memory & retention of the content!
Students fill in the sheets, answer the questions, and color, doodle or embellish. Then, they can use it as a study guide later on. Graphic doodle and sketch notes take full advantage of Dual Coding Theory (the way brains process visual and linguistic information) to maximize retention.
Content includes:
- definitions of principal, interest, rate
- how interest works
- using the interest formula to calculate simple interest
- calculating with interest formula on different sample problems
- graphics to help memory
- practice & examples
Check out the preview images for more detail about this item and the research behind it.
Visual note taking strategies like sketch notes or doodle notes are based on dual coding theory. When we can blend the text input with graphic/visual input, the student brain processes the information differently and can more easily convert the new learning into long-term memory.
This strategy also integrates the left and right hemispheres of the brain to increase focus, learning, and retention!
2 pages are included, plus answer keys, samples, and info.
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Reviews from other teachers:
-My students highly benefited from learning about what simple interest means before applying the formula. The doodle notes are clearly structured, explain vocabulary, and show how interest works in an easy to understand way. Thank you so much for this wonderful resource!
-Loved the practicality of the example problems. My students could connect and remained engaged.
-Kids really liked doing Doodle Notes! Always find your resources to be just what I need! Thanks!
-This makes things easier to understand. Great activity. Thanks!
-My 8th graders always love doodle notes!