Taking Notes: What We Learn With Pleasure We Never Forget
Taking Notes: What We Learn With Pleasure We Never Forget
• Why is it important?
• How might that information be used in your
class?
• How might the information be used on a test?
• Is this information a basis for other
information?
• Could this information be used as content for an
essay?
• learn to trust your own judgment in taking notes
• Stop Peeping around!
• Listen actively!
Thirteen Hints to Effective Note-Taking
Skills
• Keep a Written Record
▫ 80% of data is lost in within two weeks
▫ Try jotting down maximum information
▫ When in doubt, write!!!
▫ This demarcates students in passing or failing
Sit Where You will be Seen
• Make the physical surrounding feasible to your
clear understanding
• Evaluate your attitude
Do some Advance Reading
• Help yourself buildup concepts
• Better comprehension in organizing notes
• Positive attitude towards studies
• Spelling and reading proficiency
Record Notes Systematically
• Paper size
• Pen
• Loose-leaf binder
• Date
• Use write side of papers
• Write legibly
• ABBREVIATE!
• Pronouncement of assignments
Use an Outline for Notes
I. Man-made pollution is the primary cause of
global warming.
A. Greenhouse gas emissions are widely
identified by the scientific community to be
harmful.
1. The burning of coal and fossil fuels are
the primary releasers of hazardous
greenhouse gases.
Be Alert for Signals
• On Board
• Definitions and Enumerations
• Enumerations amplify relationship of
information; it logically connects the
information
• Some hints on “important” aspects of lecture
• Repetitive information
• Auditory differences during lecture
Examples
• Write ex.
Write Details that Connect
• Especially in Science and Mathematics, details
help connecting information.
• Previews and reviews to logically connect data
• Spaces for transition between two points
Leave some Blank Spaces
• Note-taking partner may help
• Audio recording—a bad idea!
• Don’t stop writing
• Ask Questions
• Take notes During Discussion
• Take Notes right Up to the end of
a class.
• Review your Notes Soon
• Repeated ideas or themes
• Information that’s written down
• Concepts that provide a foundation for other
information
▫ concepts and steps
• Obvious organizational structures
▫ , “I’m going to tell you the four main reasons why
the United States entered World War I.”
• Tangents
▫ don’t have to record any personal stories or
material that’s off the subject.
• Texts.
• You read a text and record your notes as you go
along, chapter to chapter, direct from the text. Or
you could use another note-taking technique; then,
record the final notes for you to listen to.