Note Taking:

Note Taking:

Strategies for effective studying

Additional Resources

Active Studying

• The purpose of note taking is to analyze, Re-organize, and remove all the filler from Lecture and your text books.

• Yours notes should cover the IMPORTANT material from the given lecture topic.

• Go to www.studyblue.com and create an account. flash cards
• www.workflowy.com- create lists of tasks that they need to accomplish, and also take notes.
• Also an APP
• Iphone apps: Reminders or Calendar. SimpleMind+
• www.cram.com and www.quizlet.com, which both allow you to create flashcards, search other existing flashcards, and quiz themselves. (not your only study source)

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Common Note-Taking Problems

Problems:

“My mind wanders and I get bored.”

“The instructor talks too fast.”

“Some ideas don’t seem to fit anywhere.”

“The lecturer rambles.”

“Everything seems important.”

“Nothing seems important.”

“I can’t spell all the new technical terms.”

“The instructor uses terms without defining them.”

“The instructor reads directly from text.”

Importance of effective note taking

Unless people take carefully written notes

and understand them,

within two weeks most will forget 80% of what they hear in class;

within four weeks, they will forget 95%.

Questions ?

The ability to take good notes can make the difference between success and failure.

Hints on Note Making

Solution

Sit in front of the room.

Preview assignments form questions for lecture.

Develop a shorthand system; use abbreviations.

Leave blanks and fill them in later.

For fast Lecturers: Record notes in the margin/parenthesis within your notes, and think about them later during editing.

Reorganizing your notes after the lecture.

Identified key concepts:

Preview related text assignments; Look for headings or bolded text, and headings in power points.

Review!

• Stick to main points
• Notes: key words or short sentences.
• As a speaker gets sidetracked, it is often possible to go back and add further information.
• Accurate notes.
• own words (without altering the meaning).
• Think about the material. Take notes that will be of value.
• Uniform system for punctuation and abbreviation.
• WhwenUse a skeleton outline
• White space for later additions.
• Keep notes short and to the point.
• Condense materials so you can grasp the main points rapidly.
• If you miss a point- Leave space.
• Keep notes in order & in 1 place( 3-ringed binder).
• After lecture go back and edit (not copy) your notes!
• adding extra points, spelling out unclear items, ect
• Review your notes periodically;
• three types of review are daily, weekly, and a major review just before a test = achieve lasting memory.

Write them phonetically; the way they sound. Then spell aloud, or write out the correct spelling.

Write the terms as they are used; leave space to record definitions later from text glossary or dictionary.

Mark passages in the text;

write the instructor’s comments in the margin. Record page references in your notes.

Sample: