Appendix B

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Introduction to Educational Research (5th ed.)
Craig A. Mertler C.M. Charles
Appendix B Using TakeNote! To Organize Your
Research Reports
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Using TakeNote!

• Report-writing software
• Helps you get organized to write
• Easy to install and use
• MAC (OS 7.5 or higher) PC (Win95 or higher)
  compatible
• Three modes Notes, Outline, Sources
• Navigate between the modes using the large
  buttons

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Using TakeNote!

• Split-screen featureallows you to drag--drop
  elements across modes

• Create edit notecards
• Develop an outline
• Create and format reference lists
• Print notecards, outlines, references
• Export notecards, outlines, references directly
  into word processing programs

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Using TakeNote!

• Examine the sample TakeNote! project, available
  on the Companion Website
• TakeNote! file (Assessment Literacy.rtf)
• Contains the notecards, outline, and reference
  list as created in the program
• Preservice Versus Inservice Teachers Assessment
  Literacy Does Classroom Experience Make a
  Difference? (Tchers Assessment Literacy.pdf)
• Final paper from the study, developed from the
  TakeNote! file, presented at the 2003 Annual
  Meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research
  Association