[[Thinking]] Lon Setnik 2022-02-07 According to [[🐓 Idea Farm/Deadfall/For myself only/Readwise/Books/How to Take Smart Notes]] External Scaffolding is the process of thinking that occurs outside the confusion of the brain. This is a form of [[Elaboration]] This is generally most successful in writing. By putting our ideas to paper, we force a structure to our thinking. We also allow ourselves to look back and see what we wrote, and to see if it makes sense in a way our brain tricks ourselves into believing we know things, even when we don't. Methods of this scaffolding include: - [[Zettelkasten]] - [[How to use Obsidian]] with back-links - [[Linking Your Thinking]] - [[Read with a pen in the hand]] - [[Smart Notes]] - [[Writing to learn]] - [[Mind Mapping]] - [[Two Column Writing]] Sources: [[🐓 Idea Farm/Deadfall/For myself only/Readwise/Books/How to Take Smart Notes]] p. 97 Ahrens, S. (2017). _How to take smart notes: One simple technique to boost writing, learning and thinking: for students, academics and nonfiction book writers_. CreateSpace.