Marine Surveyor Study Tools:  Connecting the Visual and Spatial with Thinking and Report-Making
Virginia E. Harper
As you learn the marine surveying business, and then as you constantly practice, update, and refine your professional standards, the following graphic organizers are useful thinking shortcuts for vessel reporting/studying practices.  Graphic Organizers are a convenient way to keep track of visual notes for compiling notes into the most complete and accurate report possible. Students find these graphic organizers useful while working through the courses.  There are educational websites that produce printer friendly graphic organizers for use in  business writing and reporting.  We suggest Notetaking.com.  Keeping charts/diagrams is an excellent memory device.  Our professional goal is to be as accurate reporters while fieldnoting and clipboarding.  These graphic organizers are proven educational/learning/thinking/reporting process tools.  Students and members automatically receive free print ready versions in their courses.
NAVTECH USSA    B-D-A (Student or Vessel Reporting Notes)
Before:  What I Already Know
About the Lesson/Boat

	During:  What I Am Learning or Observing During the Lesson/Boat	After:  What I Have Learned About the Lesson/Boat	

Navtech USSA    Cause/Effect Note Taking

                                                                               Effect                                            Effect
Cause			
Cause			
Cause			
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Navtech USSA Scope/Sequence/Timeline

Event                                 Incident                        Est Time                    Diagram                Concluson
 
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