The document discusses the importance of note making and provides guidelines for doing so effectively. Note making is important for serious reading, exams, and report writing as it allows one to write comments and cross-references while condensing information. Skills like identifying key ideas, condensing without losing meaning, using abbreviations, and linking ideas in sequence are required. Notes should supplement memory by fixing several points in the mind. Guidelines include reading the text multiple times while underlining main points and ensuring notes are condensed and organized.
The document discusses the importance of note making and provides guidelines for doing so effectively. Note making is important for serious reading, exams, and report writing as it allows one to write comments and cross-references while condensing information. Skills like identifying key ideas, condensing without losing meaning, using abbreviations, and linking ideas in sequence are required. Notes should supplement memory by fixing several points in the mind. Guidelines include reading the text multiple times while underlining main points and ensuring notes are condensed and organized.
The document discusses the importance of note making and provides guidelines for doing so effectively. Note making is important for serious reading, exams, and report writing as it allows one to write comments and cross-references while condensing information. Skills like identifying key ideas, condensing without losing meaning, using abbreviations, and linking ideas in sequence are required. Notes should supplement memory by fixing several points in the mind. Guidelines include reading the text multiple times while underlining main points and ensuring notes are condensed and organized.
The document discusses the importance of note making and provides guidelines for doing so effectively. Note making is important for serious reading, exams, and report writing as it allows one to write comments and cross-references while condensing information. Skills like identifying key ideas, condensing without losing meaning, using abbreviations, and linking ideas in sequence are required. Notes should supplement memory by fixing several points in the mind. Guidelines include reading the text multiple times while underlining main points and ensuring notes are condensed and organized.
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Why note making
Serious reading (for exams/tests) needs note
making. You make notes in margin (sometimes). You write your comments, reactions, differences, cross-references etc. For library books use note cards. Recommended size of note cards is 3”X5” Note Making Note Making Note making is a process of writing down important points, arguments, facts or ideas from a written material. Note making will be helpful in report writing and to relate to a written material for information. Efficient note making is important as it would help you to study on your own. Notes are supplementary to memory. Several points, ideas, facts etc. get fixed in one’s mind while note making. Hence, note making is important for the students in preparation for examinations. Skills required for note-making Identify key items in the text. It requires ability to read and comprehend the passage. Reduce or compress (condense) the items identified without hampering the original meaning. (Use steps for locating and noting down the substance of a given passage as given in précis writing). Use meaningful abbreviations wherever necessary. (Take care that these are so devised that there is no difficulty in understanding them when you refer to your notes after some time.) Contd… Skills required for note -making Link the ideas in a proper sequence. When you reproduce an author’s words, put them within quotation marks. Break in quotation should be indicated by a series of three dots. Reference to the sources from which you make notes should be clearly given. Guidelines for note making Read the text for 2/3 times. 1st time for overall understanding, Subsequent readings for understanding main points and supporting details. Underline the main points with different colours for easier reference. Ensure the points are condensed and organized. Hints to condense the information. Newspaper headlines are the best examples of condensed information. The most important aspect of the information in the report focused in the headline. Use short words for long words e.g. plane for
• aeroplane. Use abbreviations or acronyms instead of whole words. In
ambiguous cases include last letter in the abbreviation e.g. bldg. for building, advt. for advertisement. Avoid writing complete sentences.
Use reduced verb forms e.g. write ‘written’ for ‘has
been written’ Contd… Hints to condense the information. Use standard symbols and signs to express the relationship between ideas. = equal to, is like, is equivalent to, is synonymous with ///ly > Similarly greater than, leads to, becomes, results in, is formed into, is converted into < less than, comes from, emerging out of e.g. for example & And - With Note methods Note methods Note methods Note methods Note methods Note methods
