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to get students used to it, and there needs to be students will have an organized portfolio of just how
adequate time given to students to have a meaningful far they have come in the course of the school year.
input and especially output; but, like any procedure in Helping students take charge of their learning and
the classroom, the use of interactive notebooks needs assessing their understanding can both be accom-
to be taught, rehearsed, and reinforced. When plished with the implementation of interactive note-
implemented consistently, students come to realize books.
their importance and are able to be more efficient in
using them. Will it take time to pass out foldables, References:
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