If we were comparing three cities, for example, we might use crime , weather , shopping and employment along with each city's name as subject words. Keywords Demonstrate for your students that keywords offer a greater level of detail and work at the sub category level below subject words. The abstract is where students save pertinent information. If we hope to witness our students producing fresh thinking, then we need to award credit for smart collecting but also show them how to differentiate between the ideas they have collected from others and those ideas which have emerged in reaction to the ideas of others . They may change colors while note-taking to signify and separate.
Black text signifies the ideas of others.
Green text signifies fresh thinking . We award credit for originality, noting each new contribution. Example . . . I like students having to keep them separate. I could then look over their shoulders while they did research to see what kinds of balance might emerge.